{"id":3979,"date":"2025-03-30T09:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmccutcheon.com\/wp\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:13:59","slug":"one-hard-boiled-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmccutcheon.com\/wp\/2025\/03\/30\/one-hard-boiled-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"One Hard-Boiled Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\""Mr.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>
Dizzy? Nonsense! Feeling fit as a fiddle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rhymes of Our Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty feigned a great fall;
After he splattered XY&Z;1<\/a><\/sup>
He sprang back beaming gleefully.2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Major law firms targeted by President Trump\u2019s executive orders have splattered in different ways:
    Covington & Burling \u2014 Attempts to develop perception of being in Trump\u2019s favor by representing important cases before the Justice Department for prominent law firms with fewer ties to Mr. Trump\u2019s perceived enemies.
    Perkins Coie \u2014 Sues Trump administration.
    Jenner & Block \u2014 Sues Trump administration.
    WilmerHale \u2014 Sues Trump administration.
    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison \u2014 Settles by offering $40 million in pro bono work for cases Trump chooses, including those involving legal issues surrounding antisemitism, and accepts conditions dictated by Trump.
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom \u2014 Settles\u00a0in mere anticipation<\/em>\u00a0of an executive order against it by offering $100 million in pro bono work for cases Trump chooses.     \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>
  2. \u201cThey\u2019re all bending and saying, \u2018Sir, thank you very much. Where do I sign? Where do I sign?\u2019\u201d Trump crowed and was rather gleeful indeed about it. Except not all of them did. Bend, that is. \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Some eggs don’t crack when they fall and don’t require all the king’s horses and all the king’s men to do anything. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"Major law firms targeted by President Trump\u2019s executive orders have splattered in different ways:
    Covington & Burling \u2014 Attempts to develop perception of being in Trump\u2019s favor by representing important cases before the Justice Department for prominent law firms with fewer ties to Mr. Trump\u2019s perceived enemies.
    Perkins Coie \u2014 Sues Trump administration.
    Jenner & Block \u2014 Sues Trump administration.
    WilmerHale \u2014 Sues Trump administration.
    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison \u2014 Settles by offering $40 million in pro bono work for cases Trump chooses, including those involving legal issues surrounding antisemitism, and accepts conditions dictated by Trump.
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