Hundreds of Law Firms, Legal Professionals Support Fighting Trump Executive Orders
Hundreds of law firms, law firm partners, corporate legal leaders and U.S. law students are urging a U.S. appeals court not to revive President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting four prominent law firms, arguing that a win for Trump would undermine the independence of the legal profession.
More than 800 firms submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday supporting Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey. The court is hearing the government’s appeal next month after judges struck down executive orders against the four firms last year, finding that Trump’s directives violated protections for free speech and due process under the U.S. Constitution.
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