Judge: U.S. Constitution Bars President’s EO Targeting Perkins Coie

( May 5, 2025, 10:48 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A March executive order (EO) “stigmatiz[ing] and penalize[ing]” Perkins Coie LLP for its representation “of clients pursing claims and taking position with which the current President disagrees, as well as the Firm’s own speech” is a violation of the U.S. “Constitution and is thus null and void,” a federal judge in the District of Columbia declared May 2, granting the firm’s summary judgment motion and denying a motion to dismiss filed by the various federal government defendants....