Heidi Li Feldman

As Donald Trump and his cronies escalate their assault on client representation by attorneys, some lawyers and law firms are standing up to the Republican Fascist bullying and some are capitulating. I am proud of the heroes and utterly disgusted by the knaves. Paul, Weiss and its managing partner Brad

It is exhausting to live in a country in turmoil. With the Trump regime and the Republican Fascists wilding and so many elite institutions bending the knee, it can be overwhelming to pay attention. But I believe we must, if only to keep a record for the future. When it

The blizzard of lawsuits against the Trump regime continues apace. The developments today in a relatively recent one, J.G.G. v. Trump, were truly wild, perhaps the wildest in any of the litigation against the regime so far. Ultimately, the best way to understand the executive branch's

Today was tough. Too many Democratic Senators caved, enabling the passage of a truly horrible six month spending bill favored by the Republicans. While that was unfolding on the Senate floor, Donald Trump personally visited the Justice Department and singled out individual U.S. lawyers by name, putting targets on

As I wrote in my earlier post today, Donald Trump has escalated his attack on rule of law and U.S. constitutional democracy by issuing an executive order targeting Perkins Coie, a law firm he dislikes and fears. Now, Perkins Coie, represented by Williams & Connolly, has commenced a lawsuit

Donald Trump has been going after large law firms who represent clients and causes he doesn’t like. This started with his executive order stripping security clearances from any Covington & Burling lawyers and employees who assisted Special Counsel Jack Smith and directing all federal agencies to review any contracts

Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest and detention by the Trump DHS/ICE is in the news and the courts. Today, his lawyers have filed a motion to have ICE return him to New York, asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to protect Khalil from

I haven’t been able to post here for the past couple of days because I was readying an article for forthcoming publication. From the Mundane to the Unprecedented to the Lawless: Litigating Civil Cases Against Firearms Industry Actors discusses, among other things, Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson,

This is a longer post than my usual, due to the significance and intricacy of its topic. On March 1, 2025, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District Court of the District of Columbia issued a critically important opinion. Jackson ruled on the merits of a Trump administration challenge to

[Note: As readership of Heidi Says has grown, it has been brought to my attention that some background on me might be useful. I’ve expanded the “About” page accordingly.] The scale and pace of Republican Fascist activities escalates daily. Bizarre, sadistic, dangerous measures spew from Trump, his overlord Musk,