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Jed Rubenfeld: Donald Trump’s War on Big Law
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One (Photo by Brendan Smialowsk)
The president is pursuing a vigorous—and possibly unconstitutional—campaign against the nation’s top law firms. Will any of it stick?
By Jed Rubenfeld
03.30.25 — U.S. Politics
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Over the past month, the White House has issued five executive orders targeting big white-shoe law firms associated with prominent anti-Trump lawyers. It’s not surprising that Trump would do such a thing. What’s strange is that the language of his orders maximizes their own likely unconstitutionality.

The most recent order, issued on March 27, singles ou…

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Jed Rubenfeld
Jed Rubenfeld is a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School, a free speech lawyer, and host of the Straight Down the Middle podcast. He is the author of five books, including the million-copy bestselling novel The Interpretation of Murder, and his work has been translated into over thirty languages. He lives with his wife, Amy Chua, in New York City, and is the proud father of two exceptional daughters, Sophia and Lulu.
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