US President Donald Trump walks to Marines on May 1, 2025, to set off for Alabama on the south lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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A federal judge overthrew President Donald Trump on Friday Presidential Order Law firm Perkins Koy targeted the president’s efforts with a ferocious opinion calling them an “unprecedented attack.”
US District Judge Beryl Howell A permanent injunction has been issued It banned some enforcement of Trump’s orders from March, focusing on 2016’s Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s company representative and working with billionaire donor George Soros.
“The US President has never issued an executive order like this lawsuit targeting prominent law firms who take adverse actions carried out by all administrative agencies, but by purpose and consequence, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare.
“The importance of independent lawyers to ensure a fair and impartial administration of the American judicial system has been recognized in the country since its inception,” Howell wrote, referring to John Adams’ decision to represent eight British soldiers charged with murder in connection with the Boston massacre.
She said Trump’s orders “violate the constitution and are therefore invalid.”
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday night.
Trump’s executive order restricted employees’ access to government buildings, revoked company security clearances, ordered the heads of all federal agencies to terminate their contracts with the company, and ordered them to refrain from hiring the employees who worked there.
Howell grilled Justice Department attorney Richard Lawson at the hearing last week, and Lawson was unable to answer basic questions. Other companies that have reached a deal with the White House To avoid my own executive order.
Howell also used footnotes in Friday’s order to criticize companies that made deals with the White House, saying, “Some clients may reserve the impact of such contracts from ethically responsible counsels, at least the public terms of the transaction are eligible from ethically responsible counsels.
If he wins Trump’s “multi-year history of public attacks” and “his promise to act on his grievances,” he shows that he further demonstrated that President Trump expressed his disapproval in 2017, seeking retaliation against the plaintiff in order to seek retaliation against his client’s representative in a political campaign or lawsuit, then his promise in his discomfort.”
“This purpose is merely unconstitutional retaliation for the plaintiff’s first amended protected activities,” Howell wrote.