Bar Association Sues Over Sanctions On Law Firms

CNN reports:

The American Bar Association sued the Trump administration Monday, saying the president’s aggressive crackdown on large law firms aligned against him has chilled lawyers’ ability to litigate cases, especially pro bono legal work on hot-button issues like immigration.

The lawsuit, filed in Washington, DC, by the ABA, which has members who are attorneys in firms that cut a deal with the Trump administration, asks a judge to declare that several of the provisions in Trump’s executive orders targeting major law firms are unconstitutional. Those sections include things like terminating attorneys’ security clearances or access to federal buildings.

The lawsuit says the Trump administration’s moves toward law firms have “cast a deep chill” over the entire profession, unfairly and unconstitutionally.

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The American Bar Association sued the Trump administration Monday, saying President Trump was trying to intimidate lawyers and law firms to prevent them from challenging him in court. https://t.co/JXFHGyyJ8E

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