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The claim isn’t a dispute about the legitimacy of the national security grounds, that will probably come later. The claim is that the EO prohibits retaining US
by dodobirdlord 6y ago
The claim isn’t a dispute about the legitimacy of the national security grounds, that will probably come later. The claim is that the EO prohibits retaining US lawyers, which is pretty clearly a violation of due process.
- blisseyGo 6y agoRegarding the retaining US lawyers part - I think it would fall under FARA: https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara
- dodobirdlord 6y agoThe EO imposes a prohibition on financial transactions between US citizens (and probably also residents?) and ByteDance, so they wouldn't be able to pay their lawyers even if registered. So it's essentially a ban on having lawyers