Sam Baker

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Editor at Axios

i am a senior editor at Axios and a real big fan of walkable cities and neighborhoods. there is nothing to be gained from tweeting, so this is mostly basketball

Articles

As Big Law folds to Trump, some D.C. firms are fighting

4 weeks ago | axios.com | Sam Baker |Anna Spiegel

Several big D.C. law firms targetedby President Trump are fighting back, while many of their counterparts are folding. The big picture: Some of America's most prestigious law firms have agreed to provide almost $1 billion worth of legal work to Trump— and that total will probably grow, according to Axios' Sam Baker. Trump announced deals with five firms last week. He's now gotten the giants of Big Law to pledge a combined $940 million in pro bono legal services for conservative causes.
How the Trump administration justifies not returning Abrego Garcia to the U.S.

1 month ago | axios.com | Sam Baker
How the Trump administration justifies not returning Abrego Garcia to the U.S.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Sam Baker

8 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House on Monday by fumbling the team’s national championship trophy. After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio …
Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to Trump

1 month ago | axios.com | Sam Baker
Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to Trump

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Sam Baker

Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to TrumpAmerica's most prestigious law firms have agreed to provide almost $1 billion worth of legal work to President Trump — and that total will likely grow. …
Supreme Court comes to Trump's rescue in multiple rulings

1 month ago | axios.com | Sam Baker
Supreme Court upholds "ghost gun" regulations

1 month ago | axios.com | Sam Baker
Trump moves closer to court crisis

1 month ago | axios.com | Sam Baker

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty ImagesMany top legal experts believe a full-blown constitutional showdown between President Trump and the courts is already here. Others are confident there's still room to avoid one. But most agree that the administration's battle with U.S. District Judge James "Jeb" Boasberg — who last weekend ordered a temporary halt to the administration's deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members — is a significant escalation.
Trump moves closer to court crisis

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Sam Baker

NowA California woman wanted in the murder of her fire captain wife has been captured in Mexico after more than a month on the run, according to U.S. and Mexican authorities. Yolanda Marodi, 53, was arrested Saturday at a hotel in Mexicali near the U.S. border, according to the Baja California Citizen …
Lower courts' growing power over the president

1 month ago | axios.com | Sam Baker

It's true, as the White House claims, that the courts have blocked President Trump's executive orders at a particularly high rate. It's also true, as White House's critics argue, that simply ignoring those rulings would undermine checks and balances established by the Constitution. The big picture: Trump and his White House aren't alone in their frustration with district-court judges blocking major parts of their agenda.