"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
Federal Judge, Beryl Howell, BENCHSLAPS Convicted Felon Donald Trump & calls him out for his unconstitutional Executive Order targeting law firm, Perkins Coie.
“Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.” Behold one of th…
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
Federal Judge, Beryl Howell, BENCHSLAPS Convicted Felon Donald Trump & calls him out for his unconstitutional Executive Order targeting law firm, Perkins Coie.
“Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.” Behold one of the most powerful opening lines in Judge Beryl Howell’s 108-page blistering Memorandum Opinion permanently blocking any federal agency from enforcing Trump’s Executive Order 14230 against Perkins Coie.
Trump gets hit with yet another brutal benchslap with language like: “EO 14230 takes the approach of ‘Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like,’ sending the clear message: lawyers must stick to the party line, or else.”
Within days of being targeted by this EO, Perkins Coie sued the Trump Administration. Trump had suspended any active security clearances held by any Perkins Coie employee, terminated any federal contracts with the firm, called for the investigation of the law firm’s DEI practices/policies, prevented any law firm employee from entering federal buildings, “when such access would threaten the national security”, limited government employees from “engaging” with law firm employees, and barred all federal agencies from hiring any Perkins Coie employees.
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
Federal Judge, Beryl Howell, BENCHSLAPS Convicted Felon Donald Trump & calls him out for his unconstitutional Executive Order targeting law firm, Perkins Coie.
“Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.” Behold one of the most powerful opening lines in Judge Beryl Howell’s 108-page blistering Memorandum Opinion permanently blocking any federal agency from enforcing Trump’s Executive Order 14230 against Perkins Coie.
Trump gets hit with yet another brutal benchslap with language like: “EO 14230 takes the approach of ‘Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like,’ sending the clear message: lawyers must stick to the party line, or else.”
Within days of being targeted by this EO, Perkins Coie sued the Trump Administration. Trump had suspended any active security clearances held by any Perkins Coie employee, terminated any federal contracts with the firm, called for the investigation of the law firm’s DEI practices/policies, prevented any law firm employee from entering federal buildings, “when such access would threaten the national security”, limited government employees from “engaging” with law firm employees, and barred all federal agencies from hiring any Perkins Coie employees.
(Katie Phang, May 02, 2025)
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