Trump is in the middle of another big fight—this time with lawyers who don’t agree with him. He says they are filing “bad” lawsuits just to cause trouble. Now, he wants to punish them.

He told Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against lawyers who sued his government.

He says they are wasting time and trying to hurt him. But that’s not all, he also wants to take away their security clearances and government contracts. That means if a law firm sues Trump, they could lose important work and a lot of money.

Trump Silences Objections

Groups like the ACLU say this is just a way to scare people so they won’t challenge Trump. They argue that lawyers help keep the government fair, and if they are afraid to speak up, no one will hold Trump accountable.

Ben Wizner from the ACLU said it clearly: “Trump is attacking the very people who check his power.”

Two big law firms, Paul Weiss and Perkins Coie, are already feeling the heat. Paul Weiss had to agree to a $40 million deal with Trump to cancel an order that would have taken away security clearances for its lawyers. Some people think the firm gave in to Trump just to protect itself.

Meanwhile, Perkins Coie fought back and got a judge to stop parts of the order.

This kind of thing has happened before. When President Nixon was in power, he made a secret list of his enemies and used the government to go after them. Even people who supported Nixon at the time said it was unfair. Now, experts say Trump is doing something very similar, using his power to silence people who don’t agree with him.

But the fight isn’t over. The ACLU’s legal director, Cecillia Wang, says they are ready to take Trump to court. They are preparing lawsuits against his plans to deport immigrants and punish his political enemies.

If Trump gets his way, lawyers might think twice before suing the government. Will the courts stop him? Or will this change how lawyers work in America?