rump's scheme: coming for the lawyers

[struggle4progress]

1. DOJ moves to sanction lawyer who took pro bono deportation case

By Josh Gerstein
08/06/2025 08:38 PM EDT

The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to punish lawyers whom it sees as obstacles to the president’s agenda.

The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to impose “substantial monetary sanctions” on a California lawyer who briefly halted but ultimately failed to block the deportation of an immigrant from Laos who pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the 1990s ...

Legal experts described the sanctions motion against Schroeder, which hasn’t been previously reported, as highly unusual. DOJ brought the disciplinary action after Schroeder asked federal judges to stop the deportation of his client, Vang Lor. In emergency court papers seeking to block the deportation, Schroeder cited the administration’s aggressive effort to expel other foreigners under the Alien Enemies Act, and he argued that his own client might be unlawfully ensnared in that effort ...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/justice-department-sanctions-immigration-lawyer-00496886?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=03d1f05f-e28d-4b78-a0e1-0f23d0a1999b