The judges ruling in favor of the law firms all deemed the administration’s actions as illegal.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said Tuesday in his ruling for WilmerHale that the president’s orders against several of the nation’s top law firms constituted a direct challenge to the independent judiciary and bar that are the “cornerstone” of America’s justice system.
To let the orders stand would be “unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers,” the judge wrote in a 73-page opinion spattered with exclamation points.
But Koh, the law professor, argued that it’s not too late for the other firms to change course.
In his essay in the law and policy journal Just Security, he contended that the agreements are unenforceable contracts.
He offered a hypothetical: If you enter a contract to give someone a million dollars because they put a gun to your head, but then a court says it was illegal to put a gun to your head, would you still pay the million dollars?
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The judges ruling in favor of the law firms all deemed the administration’s actions as illegal.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said Tuesday in his ruling for WilmerHale that the president’s orders against several of the nation’s top law firms constituted a direct challenge to the independent judiciary and bar that are the “cornerstone” of America’s justice system.
To let the orders stand would be “unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers,” the judge wrote in a 73-page opinion spattered with exclamation points.
But Koh, the law professor, argued that it’s not too late for the other firms to change course.
In his essay in the law and policy journal Just Security, he contended that the agreements are unenforceable contracts.
He offered a hypothetical: If you enter a contract to give someone a million dollars because they put a gun to your head, but then a court says it was illegal to put a gun to your head, would you still pay the million dollars?
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