"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!