The decision marked the first time a federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to punish law firms he opposes politically.
It’s not so much that they didn’t know it was illegal but that with a stacked supreme court it wasn’t clear (and maybe still isn’t? Not sure whether Trump can appeal this decision) whether it being obviously unconstitutional would matter.
It’s not so much that they didn’t know it was illegal but that with a stacked supreme court it wasn’t clear (and maybe still isn’t? Not sure whether Trump can appeal this decision) whether it being obviously unconstitutional would matter.
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