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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Federal judge bars Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ retaliation against law firm Perkins Coie

A federal judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order stripping the prominent law firm Perkins Coie of security clearance and access to government buildings and contractors.

Washington, D.C. Judge Beryl Howell called Trump’s retaliatory order an “unprecedented attack” on the principles of the legal system, and unconstitutional for violating several amendments.

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