I hope none of you are surprised that Democrats have sued to block nearly every one of Trump’s executive orders (EOs). Their doing so was always in the cards. Trump knew it going in, and went ahead anyway.
He knew a lot of what he was assuming he had the authority to do was in a legal gray area, and that all the various suits would work their way to a Supreme Court which would find in his favor much, but probably not all, of the time.
This process will take months, which is why he signed all those orders immediately, or nearly so. Fortunately the DOJ gets to defend his EOs so it doesn’t cost him out of pocket.
Good legal practice consists of making the strongest argument on behalf of your client of which you are capable, while not breaking the law yourself. AG Pam Bondi seems to have the stomach for the fight.
I hope she can motivate the department’s lawyers into doing good work on DJT’s behalf. Likely many would rather not and she may need to fire a few pour encourager les autres.
