In a recent court hearing, a federal judge exhibited impatience with a DOJ lawyer's defense of President Trump's executive order aimed at Jenner & Block, a prominent law firm. The attorney, Richard Lawson, struggled to provide convincing legal arguments, leading to sharp rebukes from Judge John Bates, particularly regarding the absence of any legal findings that supported Trump's claims of racial discrimination against the firm. Judge Bates had previously ordered a pause on the executive order's implementation, emphasizing the growing unease among federal judges regarding the legal validity of such unilateral actions by the President.
"Give me a break," US District Judge John Bates snapped, as Lawson said federal agencies should be allowed to follow the order because the firm engaged in 'racial discrimination.'
Lawson appeared to struggle through arguments, at times not giving direct responses to questions from the judge.
Bates previously ordered the federal government to pause the implementation of Trump's order.
The oral arguments, in a Washington, DC, federal court, were part of Jenner & Block's lawsuit seeking to permanently block Trump's March 25 executive order targeting the firm.
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