Friday, May 02, 2025

Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting Law Firm

WASHINGTON " A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie in a blistering opinion calling the president's efforts "an unprecedented attack" on the U.S. judicial system.

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U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a permanent injunction barring the enforcement of any part of Trump's order from March, which focused on the firm's representation of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and its work with billionaire donor George Soros.

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"No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase:

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'" Howell wrote."

"The importance of independent lawyers to ensuring the American judicial system's fair and impartial administration of justice has been recognized in this country since its founding era," Howell wrote, referencing John Adams' decision to represent eight British soldiers charged with murder in connection with the Boston Massacre.

She said Trump's order "violates the Constitution and is thus null and void."

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Curses! The Lyin' King foiled again!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-02 09:07 PM

#1: USDJ Beryl Howell was one of the harshest jurists against 6 Jan terrorists. Her father was a US Army officer stationed in Germany and taught his daughter well. From Wiki: "As chief judge, Her Honor supervised federal grand juries in the district, including for the Mueller special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US elections and investigations into attempts to overturn the 2020 US presidential election."

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-02 09:14 PM

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