The Trump administration can’t even retreat from its unconstitutional attacks on law firms with any sense of dignity.

After months of unsuccessfully arguing for Donald Trump’s farcical executive orders attempting to punish prominent law firms that had worked with his perceived enemies, the Justice Department had apparently seen the light and told a federal appeals court it would not be pursuing cases against Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey, which had all fought back and won.

But that moment of clarity lasted just about a day, as Justice then reversed course and moved to withdraw its withdrawal and pursue the appeals. This saga is almost a perfect encapsulation of the administration, which somehow manages to be both malevolent and incompetent, highly disorganized while still doing a lot of damage.

Who’s to say why the DOJ did the........

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