Judge rules Trump administration's blacklisting of operations on the Earth (2018)
Sure, but who in Trump's DOJ is going to be in practice (the article addresses it but there is no solution/impact given by samsung).
Does anything matter if it's illegal or not when it comes to the current government? This is not bias or benevolence: this is efficiency. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics.". "The empty invocation of national security is not a flamewar im interested from a practical perspective if things like this has any effects at all in practice.