Law Firm Targeted by Trump Fights Back

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Law Firm Targeted by Trump Fights Back

March 28, 2025 at 10:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/28/law-firm-targeted-by-trump-fights-back/

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“The law firm Jenner and Block filed suit against the Trump Administration Friday seeking to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that targeted its attorneys’ security clearances and essentially shuttered any interactions with the federal government,” ABC News reports.

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[Eugene]

1. Make that three law firms suing: Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale.

Two more law firms targeted by Trump sue to block punishing executive orders (Politico)

Two more law firms targeted by Trump sue to block punishing executive orders

Two law firms targeted by President Donald Trump sued Friday to bar enforcement of his executive orders seeking to shut them out of government business and strip key lawyers of their security clearances.

In separate suits, Big Law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale say Trump’s effort to target them amounts to an unprecedented attack on the legal profession in retaliation for their work for past clients he doesn’t like and for past causes with which he disagrees. If carried out, they say, the orders would devastate their practices and have already begun to cause anxiety among their hundreds clients with government business.

Jenner & Block’s lawsuit contends Trump’s order is an unconstitutional threat to the firm and the legal system itself, seeking to “punish citizens and lawyers based on the clients they represent, the positions they advocate, the opinions they voice, and the people with whom they associate.” The lawsuit was filed on the firm’s behalf by California-based law firm Cooley LLP.

“The President’s sweeping attack on WilmerHale (and other firms) is unprecedented and unconstitutional,” writes Paul Clement, a veteran Supreme Court lawyer representing the firm in its lawsuit. “The First Amendment protects the rights of WilmerHale, its employees, and its clients to speak freely, petition the courts and other government institutions, and associate with the counsel of their choice without facing retaliation and discrimination by federal officials.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/jenner-block-eo-lawsuit-trump-00256160

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2. Thanks.

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3. K&R

[Bettie]

4. I'm glad some of them aren't just

rolling over and playing dead.

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5. Statement from Jenner & Block, one of the firms suing trump

Like Joyce Vance, this statement made me smile

Link to tweet