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Today, the Court permanently blocked the unlawful Executive Order targeting our firm. This ruling affirms core constitutional freedoms all Americans hold dear, including free speech, due process, and the right to select counsel without the fear of retribution. We are pleased with this decision and are immensely grateful to those who spoke up in support of our positions,
As we move forward, we remain guided by the same commitments that first compelled us to bring this challenge: to protect our firm, safeguard the interests of our clients, and uphold the rule of law,
None of these agreed-upon policy or practice changes appear to explain or address how any national security concerns sufficient to warrant the Paul, Weiss EO [executive order] could have changed so rapidly,
Only when lawyers make the choice to challenge rather than back down when confronted with government action raising non-trivial constitutional issues can a case be brought to court for judicial review of the legal merits,
No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit,
she said in her opening lines Trump’ ... Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like.”
she added, offers a new twist on that Shakespearean phrase Executive Order 14230 is unlawful, null and void in its entirety and therefore should be disregarded,
Howell wrote in the order Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power,
No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: ... The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,
The importance of independent lawyers to ensuring the American judicial system’s fair and impartial administration of justice has been recognized in this country since its founding era,
Howell wrote, referencing John Adams' decision to represent eight British soldiers charged with murder in connection with the Boston Massacre This purpose amounts to no more than unconstitutional retaliation for plaintiff’s First Amendment protected activity,
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