White House aide Stephen Miller reportedly contacted a U.S. attorney directly to instruct him on the arguments (losing ones, it turned out) to defend the travel ban, running way outside his "lane," as they say. Perhaps next time Miller should let lawyers advise other lawyers. ("The Eastern District declined to comment on any contact between [U.S. attorney Robert] Capers and Miller, the 31-year-old former Jeff Sessions aide and America First true believer with no legal background of his own, who a few months ago was warming up Trump's campaign crowds and is now writing executive orders for the President to sign."). Multiple former White House veterans weighed in on Twitter to remark that an aide bypassing the White House counsel and entire Justice Department leadership would have been a fireable offense under the presidents whom they served.