Not in international affairs, of course, where it never did,but domestically: the Trumipistas are abandoning their efforts to coerce law firms in violation of the 1st and 5th Amendments of the Constitution. Kudos to Perkins Coie, Wilmer Hale, Susman Godrey, and Jenner & Block. And eternal shame to Paul Weiss, the first to capitulate.
UPDATE: Several readers point out that the Trumpistas have now decided to pursue their appeal. My guess is some actual lawyers concluded the government could not win, and then they were overruled by the ideological zealots. I am optimistic the government will continue to lose.




Let me recommend Eleanor Knox’s essay on IAI a few months ago for what I think is a much more…