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Government Corruption

US judge strikes down Trump order against law firm Perkins Coie

2025-05-04

[IsraelTimes] A US federal judge has struck down Donald Trump
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
’s punitive executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie as a violation of the US Constitution’s protections for free speech and due process, in a setback for the Republican president’s campaign against the legal industry.

US District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling is the first by any judge deciding the legal merits of any of the several directives Trump has aimed at law firms that have handled legal challenges to his actions, represented political adversaries, or employed lawyers who have taken part in investigations of him.

Howell, based in Washington, has barred federal agencies from enforcing Trump’s March 6 order against Perkins Coie. The judge previously issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of key provisions of Trump’s directive.

The Justice Department can appeal Howell’s order to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Perkins Coie, a 1,200-lawyer firm founded in Seattle, represented the campaign of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Crooked Hillary Clinton
<q>Crooked Hillary</q> Clinton

...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do...
, whom Trump defeated in his first presidential run. Trump’s executive order sought to restrict its lawyers from accessing government buildings and officials, and threatened to cancel federal contracts held by the firm’s clients. The firm sued, calling the order a violation of the Constitution’s First Amendment protections against government abridgment of speech and Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process — a requirement for the government to use a fair legal process.

The judge’s ruling represents the broadest rebuke yet for Trump’s pressure campaign against law firms that he has accused of "weaponizing" the justice system against him and his political allies. US Justice Department lawyer Richard Lawson, defending the orders in court, argued in each case that Trump was lawfully exercising his presidential power and discretion.

Three other major law firms — WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey — also sued the administration to block executive orders Trump issued against them. Other judges have temporarily blocked those orders while the cases proceed.

Posted by:trailing wife

#8 Hacks in black, again. I propose the term 'maggotstrate'. Have I lost all respect for judges? Why yes, AGES ago!

Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2025-05-04 16:13

#7 Isn't his jurisdiction only Washington state? How can he ban Federal Agencies in the rest of the US sanctioning them outside of the Washington state border?

Posted by: magpie 2025-05-04 14:40

#6 seems to be within his executive power.
Until some minor federal magistrate sees fit to issue yet another nationwide injunction.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-05-04 13:34

#5 Keeping them out of all federal buildings seems like a stretch to me. Pulling all their security clearances right down to their mailroom clerks seems to be within his executive power.

Posted by: Super Hose 2025-05-04 12:57

#4 #2 Let me guess: Trump is a secret convert to Judaism and he drinks the blood of Latino babies?

Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-05-04 11:50

#3 Judge Howell makes BigLaw sound like Little Orphan Annie but their profit levels would make Liz Warren blush. Here's a list from Wikipedia. Make the rich pay their fair share. Another line of inquiry is that at least a few of the BigLaw firms do "dirty work" -- someone represents the semi-legitimate interests of the Sinaloa cartel in the US and it ain't a storefront lawyer in Fargo, North Dakota. So Trump should use his giant megaphone to give BigLaw some much-deserved publicity.

Posted by: Matt 2025-05-04 10:51

#2 60 Minutes prepares to drop bombshell Trump report despite lawsuit threat

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-04 10:51

#1 Trump questions judges who block deportations of 'criminals, including murderers'

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-04 10:13

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