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The DOJ Just Made a Shocking Confession About One of Trump's Worst Early Executive Orders

Executive orders targeting specific law firms and lawyers for alleged national security risks were treated as unconstitutional retaliation and censorship during D.C. Circuit arguments.

US politics

fromAdvocate.com

3 months ago

Trump DOJ lied to D.C. federal appeals court about trans military ban, lawyers say in stunning filing

Government claimed no transgender service members were separated, but evidence shows multiple involuntary separations and at least one discharge under the ban.

Law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

8 months ago

D.C. Circuit Says Perlmutter Can Resume Register Role Pending Lawsuit Against Trump

D.C. Circuit allowed Register Shira Perlmutter to resume office pending litigation, finding the district court failed to consider unusual discharge actions and extraordinary circumstances.

fromPatently-O

8 months ago

Shira Perlmutter is (Temporarily) Back in Charge at Copyright Office

Perlmutter v. Blanche, No. 25-5285 (D.C. Cir. Sept. 10, 2025). The per curium order is a terse one paragraph, but two judges filed a detailed concurring opinion explaining why a preliminary injunction is useful in this case -- writing that removal of Perlmutter "would be a grave intrusion by the President into the constitutional powers of a coordinate branch of government."