High Court Setbacks May Have Led to Bondi Firing

Legal setbacks at the Supreme Court — including visible skepticism from justices about the administration's bid to limit birthright citizenship — are being cited by Reuters, CNN, and other outlets as a central factor in President Donald Trump's decision to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday.

Conservative legal scholar John C. Yoo — the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law; nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; and former Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel official who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — told commentators Trump may have concluded "he needs new lawyers" after watching key cases play out unfavorably.