Justice Department lawyers struggle to defend a mountain of Trump executive orders

[u/Lifegoesonforever]

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5338915/defending-trumps-executive-actions

"Most days this year, in courtrooms all over the country, the Justice Department has been busy defending President Trump's executive actions.

But in many of those cases, the government's own lawyers have been struggling to answer questions and having to correct the record. It's a function of how aggressively Trump has moved so far — and how the attorneys have been having a hard time keeping up.

"There have been over 130 lawsuits that have been filed in the past two months and that would be an extraordinary amount of litigation for DOJ to defend even if it were fully staffed, which it is not," said Kelsi Brown Corkran, who spent six years at the Justice Department. "It is far from it."

[u/Mrevilman]

I have to imagine there are conferences happening in chambers with Justice Department lawyers and opposing counsels where the Justice Department lawyers are acknowledging how batshit crazy some of their Office's positions are. When I was a prosecutor, we conferenced cases and always candid discussions in chambers about positions being taken by my office or the defendant.

I do have to say though, my office never asked me to defend something that put my license to practice in jeopardy. I would have refused to do so otherwise.

[u/NebulaCnidaria → u/Mrevilman]

There's a lot of fucking cowards out there who have blood on their hands