Judge rules Trump executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional

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Big loss in court for Trump

Federal judge rules President’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-perkins-coie-law-firm-unconstitutional/

Washington — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it.

In a 102-page decision, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of the firm and said Mr. Trump's directive that sought to punish it sent the message that "lawyers must stick to the party line, or else."

"Using the powers of the federal government to target lawyers for their representation of clients and avowed progressive employment policies in an overt attempt to suppress and punish certain viewpoints, however, is contrary to the Constitution, which requires that the government respond to dissenting or unpopular speech or ideas with 'tolerance, not coercion,'" Howell wrote.

She found that the executive order violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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1. Judge Howell has ruled for Perkins Coie, holding that Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm was unconstituti

Here is a link to the order

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Some fun reading
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.184.0.pdf

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2. That's the Order, which is fun reading; here's the Memorandum, which is even more fun.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.185.0.pdf

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3. Here is the link to the 100+ page opinion

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https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0716-185