Jess Bravin

Well, I mean, we don't know yet, but we're not seeing a very robust response from the bar. We're not seeing a kind of unified, defiant retort to the president saying how outrageous. You're seeing, you know, some individual statements, some, you know, bar associations and what have you. It's not gone unnoticed.

Well, I mean, we don't know yet, but we're not seeing a very robust response from the bar. We're not seeing a kind of unified, defiant retort to the president saying how outrageous. You're seeing, you know, some individual statements, some, you know, bar associations and what have you. It's not gone unnoticed.

Well, I mean, we don't know yet, but we're not seeing a very robust response from the bar. We're not seeing a kind of unified, defiant retort to the president saying how outrageous. You're seeing, you know, some individual statements, some, you know, bar associations and what have you. It's not gone unnoticed.

But there's not the kind of outrage and tremendous resistance that one might have expected if this happened in Trump's first term. I mean, some of these law firms are not even fighting these orders in court.

But there's not the kind of outrage and tremendous resistance that one might have expected if this happened in Trump's first term. I mean, some of these law firms are not even fighting these orders in court.

But there's not the kind of outrage and tremendous resistance that one might have expected if this happened in Trump's first term. I mean, some of these law firms are not even fighting these orders in court.

Well, that decision is playing into it all the time. For one, the government is raising it in a lot of its legal briefs as evidence of the president's power to command subordinates to not have any kind of judicial review of what he does in his direction of the executive branch, how it's outside the realm of courts to examine.

Well, that decision is playing into it all the time. For one, the government is raising it in a lot of its legal briefs as evidence of the president's power to command subordinates to not have any kind of judicial review of what he does in his direction of the executive branch, how it's outside the realm of courts to examine.

Well, that decision is playing into it all the time. For one, the government is raising it in a lot of its legal briefs as evidence of the president's power to command subordinates to not have any kind of judicial review of what he does in his direction of the executive branch, how it's outside the realm of courts to examine.

So they're definitely bringing it up in many cases as precedent that supports their view of executive authority. Also, of course, the president himself knows now

So they're definitely bringing it up in many cases as precedent that supports their view of executive authority. Also, of course, the president himself knows now

So they're definitely bringing it up in many cases as precedent that supports their view of executive authority. Also, of course, the president himself knows now

that nothing he does while he is acting as president can ever lead to any kind of legal liability for him so to the extent he wasn't fully emboldened before he is now so it's quite consequential and of course that decision may be the reason that donald trump is president again in the first place i mean you know had that had the court ruled the other way he might have you know been put on trial or or you know perhaps history would have gone in a different direction

that nothing he does while he is acting as president can ever lead to any kind of legal liability for him so to the extent he wasn't fully emboldened before he is now so it's quite consequential and of course that decision may be the reason that donald trump is president again in the first place i mean you know had that had the court ruled the other way he might have you know been put on trial or or you know perhaps history would have gone in a different direction

that nothing he does while he is acting as president can ever lead to any kind of legal liability for him so to the extent he wasn't fully emboldened before he is now so it's quite consequential and of course that decision may be the reason that donald trump is president again in the first place i mean you know had that had the court ruled the other way he might have you know been put on trial or or you know perhaps history would have gone in a different direction

That decision cleared the way for him to campaign through the end of 2024 and get elected and then now use, employ this very, very broad view of executive power. So I'd say it's really central to everything that the president is doing.

That decision cleared the way for him to campaign through the end of 2024 and get elected and then now use, employ this very, very broad view of executive power. So I'd say it's really central to everything that the president is doing.

That decision cleared the way for him to campaign through the end of 2024 and get elected and then now use, employ this very, very broad view of executive power. So I'd say it's really central to everything that the president is doing.

Or another way is that President Trump has also done sort of the other way around, that if the president doesn't like it, it's illegal. Because if you listened to his speech at the Department of Justice last week, a very long speech, and he described many activities that normally are protected by the First Amendment as illegal.

Or another way is that President Trump has also done sort of the other way around, that if the president doesn't like it, it's illegal. Because if you listened to his speech at the Department of Justice last week, a very long speech, and he described many activities that normally are protected by the First Amendment as illegal.