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Emma Cline

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not the bestselling author. tar heel. duke law.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 18/10/2025

[Exit King.]

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

BREAKING: Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, holds that Trump's executive order targeting Jenner & Block is likely unconstitutional — "doubly" — and will be blocked in full. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Case 1:25-cv-00916-JDB Document 138 Filed 05/23/25
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JENNER & BLOCK LLP,
Plaintiff, V.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 25-916 (JDB)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In our constitutional order, few stars are as fixed as the principle that no official "can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics. W. Va. State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943). And in our constitutional order, few actors are as central to fixing that star as lawyers.
This case arises from one of a series of executive orders targeting law firms that, in one way or another, did not bow to the current presidential administration's political orthodoxy. Like the others in the series, this order which takes aim at the global law firm Jenner & Block-

makes no bones about why it chose its target: it picked Jenner because of the causes Jenner
champions, the clients Jenner represents, and a lawyer Jenner once employed. Going after law firms in this way is doubly violative of the Constitution. Most obviously, retaliating against firms for the views embodied in their legal work— and thereby seeking to muzzle them going forward-violates the First Amendment's central command that government may not "use the
power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression." Nat'l Rifle Ass'n of Am. v.
Vullo, 602 U.S. 175, 188 (2024). More subtle but perhaps more pernicious is the message the order sends to the lawyers whose unalloyed advocacy protects against governmental viewpoint
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becoming government-imposed orthodoxy. This order, like the others, seeks to chill legal representation the administration doesn't like, thereby insulating the Executive Branch from the
judicial check fundamental to the separation of powers. It thus violates the Constitution and the
Court will enjoin its operation in full.

Conclusion
Jenner raises many more claims of unconstitutionality. These present interesting, difficult, and potentially meritorious questions about the scope of presidential power and more.
What has been said here of the First Amendment (and in passing of the Fifth and Sixth),
however, is sufficient to declare Executive Order 14246 unlawful and enjoin its operation,
eliminating the need to explore those other questions. So the Court need not break new ground:
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Filed 05/23/25
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Executive Order 14246 violates settled First Amendment law and its operation must be enjoined in full. Jenner's motion for summary judgment is granted; the defendants' motion is denied. A
separate order will issue.
Is/
JOHN D. BATES
United States District Judge
Dated: May 23, 2025

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Emma Cline @emma-cline.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

So wonderful meeting @leahlitman.bsky.social and celebrating her new book at politics and prose last night!!

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Emma Cline @emma-cline.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Exciting delivery today @leahlitman.bsky.social

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I could not be prouder to be part of this letter - signed by nearly 60 members of the Duke Law School faculty - reaffirming our commitment to academic freedom and the rule of law. And speaking out against what we see as recent threats to both. Critically, we do so alongside other law schools . . .

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 07/05/2025

If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.

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Anita Earls @anitaearls.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Are you interested in volunteering for my 2026 campaign? If so, please visit my website earls4justice dot com and click on the VOLUNTEER link at the top of the page. You can also donate from there and sign up for email updates. ⚖️

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If the president brings the legal profession to heel, what does that mean? “No rule of law. You're in a dictatorship,” says attorney John Keker. cbsn.ws/4d5fgpp

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

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Anderson Clayton ☀️ @abreezeclayton.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

We know we’re going to have to mobilize quickly in North Carolina, which means we need folks standing by ready to help in WHATEVER capacity we need. Sign up below to get rapid response updates: NCDP.org/protectthevote

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Republicans are still trying to throw out over 66,000 votes to give Jefferson Griffin an electoral win he didn't earn. Democrats are fighting back in the courts and we expect a win. If you're interes...

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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This is disgraceful. Judge Bates, appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush, is a widely respected member of the judiciary. He and other judges deserve so much better.

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

So much passive voice.

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God @thegodshow.com · 10/02/2025

Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.

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