Actually, I Would Like to File The Opposite Thing, Please

About this episode

Ken and Josh discuss the Trump Administration's legal maneuvers and the implications of a DOJ letter regarding investigations into its lawyers.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss how The Trump Administration surprised observers by withdrawing its efforts to appeal its losses against all four law firms that challenged its legal orders against them. Then, it surprised observers again by changing its mind and asking to appeal the cases after all . We discuss why, whether you’re allowed to do that, and what happens to the nine firms that didn’t fight when the other firms win. We also look at a strange letter from the Department of Justice to state bar associations , telling them they’ll have to pause investigations into DOJ lawyers, or else. It’s unclear what authority DOJ thinks it has here, but they may be upset about a Florida Bar investigation into Lindsey Halligan . And we talk about news that DOJ tried to come up with a way to do a criminal prosecution related to President Biden’s autopen, but didn’t . That’s for all listeners. Paying subscribers get a whole lot more this week: * You’d think, now that the IEEPA tariffs have been thrown out, customs would stop charging them to importers. You’d be wrong! The customs bureau keeps finalizing…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White

Topics covered

• Trump Administration
• legal orders
• Department of Justice
• tariffs
• international trade
• investigations

Keywords

• Trump Administration
• Department of Justice
• tariffs
• legal orders
• investigations
• Lindsey Halligan
• Judge Richard Eaton
• President Biden

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Organizations: Trump Administration, Department of Justice, Florida Bar

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