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#perkinscoie

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Press Coalition Challenges Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder Threatening #PressFreedom and Legal Representation
Sixty-one #media organizations and press freedom advocates filed an amicus brief warning of the chilling effect on #FirstAmendment rights today urging the court to strike down an executive order that imposed sanctions on the #PerkinsCoie law firm for representing President Donald Trump’s political opponents and enforcing the #VotingRightsAct.
theintercept.com/2025/04/09/tr

The Intercept · Press Coalition Challenges Trump’s Executive Order Threatening Press Freedom and Legal RepresentationBy The Intercept
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Nonilex

In an amicus brief filed on Apr. 8, 2025 in #PerkinsCoie v. #DOJ, 27 former senior government officials of both political parties, who served in the last 7 presidential admins, confirmed that they “have never before seen or condoned an ad hominem punitive, & retaliatory order of this kind, attacking & intimidating lawyers & a law firm on the basis of their lawful activities.”

#law #Trump #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
justsecurity.org/110109/presid

Just Security · No, the President Cannot Issue Bills of AttainderTrump orders functioning as bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution and repugnant to its separation of powers.
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PrivacyDigest

EFF Joins #AmicusBrief Supporting #PerkinsCoie Law Firm Against #Unconstitutional #ExecutiveOrder

EFF has joined the #ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie for its past work on #VotingRights lawsuits and its representation of the President’s prior political opponents.
#trump #maga #takeover

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-

Electronic Frontier Foundation · EFF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Law Firm Against Unconstitutional Executive OrderEFF has joined the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie for its past work on voting rights...
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Nonilex

Updates on #LawFirms targeted by #Trump:

#WilmerHale [employed Robert Mueller] — Judge Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, set a 4:30 PM hearing

#JennerBlock [employed Andrew Weissmann] — Judge Bates, another a George W. Bush appointee, set a 5:45PM hearing

Last Fri, #PerkinsCoie [worked for Hillary Clinton] got a TRO while the case moves forward.

#PaulWeiss, cut a deal w/Trump last month, promising $40M in pro bono legal services & to hire an outside consultant to review employment practices.

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Nonilex

New court filing: #PerkinsCoie v. #DOJ re #Trump #ExecutiveOrder punishing the #law firm

The Trump had filed to disqualify Judge Beryl Howell, basic #JudgeShopping.

Denied.

“Though this adage is commonplace, and the tactic overused, it is called to mind by defendants' pending motion to disqualify this Court: ‘When you can't attack the message, attack the messenger.’“

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

“Though this adage is commonplace, and the tactic overused, it is called to mind by defendants' pending motion to disqualify this Court: ‘When you can't attack the message, attack the messenger.’ Defendants filed this motion less than two weeks after this Court issued a temporary restraining order barring defendants from enforcing against plaintiff Perkins Coie LLP 3 of the 5 sections of Executive Order 14230 (‘EO 14230’), issued by President Donald J. Trump on March 6, 2025, 90 Fed. Reg. 11781 (Mar. 11, 2025), targeting the law firm with punitive measures due to the law firm's representation of clients whom the President dislikes or who sought relief through litigation that the President opposes.”
#RevengePolitics
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Nonilex

The Chief of Staff for #PamBondi, the United States Attorney General, posted this attack on influential conservative legal mind #MikeLutig.

For those who don’t know, #Trump issued an EO targeting the law firm #PerkinsCoie. The firm’s attys are barred from entering federal buildings (federal courts are federal buildings) & removed their security clearances. Michael Sussman, a fmr Perkins Coie atty was involved in Trump’s first impeachment.

Chad Mizelle user description stating his position as Chief of staff to US AG Pam Bondi
Mizelle post: “Mike Luttig is the Perkins Coie of judges.”
#law#RevengePolitics#WeaponizationOfGovernment
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"This is nothing less than government compelled speech – a textbook #FirstAmendment violation. The #government is explicitly forcing a private entity to dedicate resources to supporting specific #political initiatives. That a major #law firm would accept such an obviously #unconstitutional demand, rather than challenge it as #PerkinsCoie did, represents a complete abdication of their professional responsibilities"
techdirt.com/2025/03/21/paul-w

Headline and text from TechDirt: Paul Weiss’s Shameful Surrender Makes Every Lawyer There Complicit In Trumpian Constitutional Desecration Legal Issues from the a-complete-joke dept Fri, Mar 21st 2025 10:50am - Mike Masnick In what may be one of the most shameful displays of institutional cowardice we’ve seen, law firm Paul Weiss has completely capitulated to Donald Trump’s ridiculously unconstitutional executive order targeting the firm. This cave-in comes mere days after another targeted firm, Perkins Coie, successfully obtained a court order blocking an almost identical order. The contrast could not be more stark: one law firm stood up for basic constitutional principles, while another folded at the first sign of pressure. Paul Weiss, a firm that has long touted its commitment to democratic principles, had multiple obvious paths to fight this blatantly unconstitutional order. They could have filed their own challenge or sought to join Perkins Coie’s successful case. Instead, they chose perhaps the worst possible option: complete surrender. In short, they caved. They folded like a cheap suit. They made it clear that Paul Weiss not only won’t fight for its clients, it won’t fight for itself.
#Trump#Coup#Corruption
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LilMikeSF

Yesterday a #Federal judge barred parts of an insane illegal heavy handed and chilling childlike #DJT #ExecutiveOrder targeting exclusively employees and clients of a large influential #DC #beltway #lawfirm he doesn't like.

Known as #PerkinsCoie , the 100+ yr old firm started in #Seattle and has long represented biz & top tech clients including #Amazon & #Microsoft etc, as well as many other #Fortune500 names .

The #RWNJ #HoiPolloi anger at the firm has to do with the fact #PerkinsCoie attorneys helped commission the embarrassing and disputed #SteeleDossier that included allegations against a failed NJ casino operator turned political candidate.who eventually became President TWICE!

The far reaching petty #policestate and draconian #Drumpf overreach would've made it virtually impossible for #employees or any of the 1000+ #attorneys at the firm to do biz in #DC . The order barred firm partners from even speaking to #federalemployees, or to physically enter any govt #property including #courtrooms etc.

axios.com/2025/03/12/perkins-c

DJR DEFEATED for now
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Infinity Counter 🟦

>>The order, which [the president] signed last week, was designed to punish Perkins Coie by suspending the security clearances of the firm’s lawyers as well as denying firm employees access to federal buildings and terminating their federal contracts.

It was the latest retributive action taken . . . against the legal community, coming soon after an earlier order that targeted security clearances of lawyers at a separate law firm who have provided legal services to special counsel Jack Smith, who led criminal investigations into the Republican before his second term.<<

#PerkinsCoie #Retribution #SecurityClearances #USPol
fox59.com/news/politics/ap-pol

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Andrew Leahey

Weds 8/23 - Perkins Coie Sued Over #DEI, JPMorgan Bigwigs Sentenced, WV Denied Cert in CFPB Case, Meta Problems in Norway and WGA Strike Updates

We have #PerkinsCoie sued over diversity initiatives, former head of #JPMorgan’s precious metals trading desk sentenced, #WV denied cert in #CFPB case, #Meta in trouble in #Norway and #WGA strike updates

#wgastrike #lawfedi @law

minimumcomp.com/p/weds-823-per

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News PodcastWeds 8/23 - Perkins Coie Sued Over DEI, JPMorgan Bigwigs Sentenced, WV Denied Cert in CFPB Case, Meta Problems in Norway and WGA Strike UpdatesBy Andrew Leahey 🦣
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