Due to Trump's executive order targeting them, large legal law firm agrees to work for him for free + take action against DEI

[ORDER_66]

Right. Which is why they are allowing him to destroy everything. And they have no term ends.

our entire govt been cooked bruh... people been saying this for the longest years ago... but now the mask is slipped. they have no choice but to admit it.

 

[Loose]

isn't that shyt illegal? wtf...straight dictator tactics. who gon stop him? no splash geng members on the coli to sing that baby a lullaby?

Yea it's impeachable but bothside c00ns failed to realize his party is cultists and won't keep him on a leash

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

But the coli told me the president was powerless and he couldnt do anything without the govt...

Are you serious? This is extortion. Trump is coercing private law firms into doing what he wants under threat of losing business and security clearances. This is a dangerous abuse of executive power.

Issuing an executive order directly targeting a private law firm because a former lawyer worked on an investigation into his finances is a gross abuse. He forced them to choose between losing federal contracts and have their attorneys security clearances revoked, or caving to his demands. And they caved. Now they're changing their policies and giving them $40 million in free legal services to causes aligned with his racist agenda. That is coercion under threat.

Look at what he did to Perkins Coie, another law firm he targeted through executive action. They had to sue in federal court to fight back against his attempt to coerce them. Can't you see what they're saying and doing here and why it's nothing to joke about? They're punishing private law firms for taking on legal work that they don't like. This is a first amendment violation. They literally stifling free speech. This all serves as a warning to the entire legal industry. The chilling effect this will have will lead to law firms turning away clients who they believe could put them in Trump's crosshairs and worse.

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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-law-firm-perkins-coie-drew-democrats-cash-and-trumps-wrath/

On March 6, Trump signed an executive order effectively barring Perkins from handling federal cases or representing federal contractors.

It’s payback for what the White House called Perkins’ “dishonest and dangerous activity,” including controversial opposition research about Trump that Perkins arranged on behalf of the 2016 Clinton campaign.

On Tuesday, Perkins filed a suit claiming the order violated the Constitution, and on Wednesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the order.


Still, Trump’s “retaliatory animus,” as U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell called it, has already frightened off some Perkins clients and could financially cripple the 113-year-old firm, according to lawyers representing Perkins.

Trump’s animus could also make other law firms rethink their own work for political clients — all the more since Trump is going after Perkins years after most of its political law team has left.

“It’s obvious that they’re doing this just to send a message to law firms that if they do something that is counter to Trump’s interests, they’re going to get punished — forever,” said Hugh Spitzer, an expert in constitutional law and legal ethics at the University of Washington School of Law.

Warning signs were apparent last fall. “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, in October. “Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers …”

Trump’s March 6 executive order spells out a long list of grievances with Perkins that go beyond the Steele Dossier.

It accuses Perkins of working with “activist donors … to judicially overturn popular, necessary, and democratically enacted election laws, including those requiring voter identification.”

It also alleges that Perkins “racially discriminates against its own attorneys and staff, and against applicants,” and uses hiring “quotas” based on race and other discriminatory factors.”

The order imposes harsh penalties by, among other things, suspending Perkins’ federal security clearances and requiring other federal contractors to disclose any relationship with the firm.

In its lawsuit, Perkins disputes the accusations. It claims the executive order seeks to deprive the firm of business and privileges without due process, in violation of Perkins’ constitutional guarantees of free speech and due process.


Given that many of Perkins’ clients are federal contractors or have matters in federal courts, Trump’s order “could spell the end of the firm,” said Dane Butswinkas of Williams & Connolly, a high-powered Washington, D.C., firm representing Perkins.

In granting a temporary restraining order Wednesday, Judge Howell characterized Trump’s executive order as an attempt by the administration to “intimidate” not just Perkins but any law firm.

It “casts a chilling harm … across the entire legal profession,” Howell said.

Trump has also faced criticism for an executive order last month targeting Covington and Burling, which represents former special counsel and Trump nemesis Jack Smith.

Howell’s concerns have been echoed by numerous legal and professional organizations, including the Washington state attorney general, as well as more conservative organizations such as the Cato Institute.

“In many other countries that have lost their freedom, the rulers have made it an early order of business to intimidate if not do away with the sectors of the bar that were willing to represent opposition and dissident clients and challenge government actions,” wrote Cato’s Walter Olson last week. “It is alarming to see the United States moving rapidly down this path.”

 

[ORDER_66]

Are you serious? This is extortion. Trump is coercing private law firms into doing what he wants under threat of losing business and security clearances. This is a dangerous abuse of executive power.

Issuing an executive order directly targeting a private law firm because a former lawyer worked on an investigation into his finances is a gross abuse. He forced them to choose between losing federal contracts and have their attorneys security clearances revoked, or caving to his demands. And they caved. Now they're changing their policies and giving them $40 million in free legal services to causes aligned with his racist agenda. That is coercion under threat.

Look at what he did to Perkins Coie, another law firm he targeted through executive action. They had to sue in federal court to fight back against his attempt to coerce them. Can't you see what they're saying and doing here and why it's nothing to joke about? They're punishing private law firms for taking on legal work that they don't like. This is a first amendment violation. They literally stifling free speech. This all serves as a warning to the entire legal industry. The chilling effect this will have will lead to law firms turning away clients who they believe could put them in Trump's crosshairs and worse.

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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-law-firm-perkins-coie-drew-democrats-cash-and-trumps-wrath/

...I was being sarcastic.

 

[feelosofer]

Donald Trump thanks to our Supreme Court has been granted immunity from anything he does illegally.

Congratulations we have now gone from Democracy to dictatorship.

 

[Strapped]

Excellent , now everyone knows what they stand for

 

[UnQuantized]

The only way out of this might be to let MAGA completely crash out

 

[Neuromancer]

our entire govt been cooked bruh... people been saying this for the longest years ago... but now the mask is slipped. they have no choice but to admit it.

No this is kinda disingenuous. If that was the case Trump wouldn't be on a grievance tour punishing everyone who went against him before he solidified his power. People tried to stop him from doing this and others either helped him gain power or enabled his power. Saying "the gov't been cooked." Isn't really being honest here. The current regime is doing all of this. Both sides don't work here.

 

[Neuromancer]

...I was being sarcastic.

You can't keep trying to play this troll role in serious threads breh. It's a bad look and the things Trump does will affect you as well. Prescription drug costs are already getting higher.

 

[up in here]

But the coli told me the president was powerless and he couldnt do anything without the govt...

He has the government

 

[MustafaSTL]

Yeah this is all people are talking about in the legal community. But also, apparently there was no “agreement” to work to end DEI and all that shyt. But they were too gullible to not see that don will just lie and say whatever he wants to say to the public. I read that they were going to go the Perkins Coie path but decided to “work with don” instead at the last minute. And Paul Weiss is known for having the largest diversity event of the summer every year. Now people wonder if it will be scrapped.

I seriously felt like things would be terrible under a second don presidency. After two months, this is worse than I imagined. He’s out for vengeance against any and everyone. He’s not running a presidency, he’s attacking everyone regardless of effect. And he has the majority in Congress to where he can do anything right now unless challenged in court.

 

[get these nets]

Yeah this is all people are talking about in the legal community. But also, apparently there was no “agreement” to work to end DEI and all that shyt. But they were too gullible to not see that don will just lie and say whatever he wants to say to the public. I read that they were going to go the Perkins Coie path but decided to “work with don” instead at the last minute.

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Which path was that? Last I read, Ed Blum was trying to them to drop their diversity fellowship program. I assumed that he was successful.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Which path was that? Last I read, Ed Blum was trying to them to drop their diversity fellowship program. I assumed that he was successful.

Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit against the administration.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/g-s1-53218/perkins-coie-trump-law-firm

Paul Weiss was considering doing the same thing. Then changed course.

 

[get these nets]

Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit against the administration.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/g-s1-53218/perkins-coie-trump-law-firm

Paul Weiss was considering doing the same thing. Then changed course.

Thanks.
Didnt know that Trump had targeted them also.

 

[the bossman]

same people gonna be crying when all this is used against them in the future

they only coming for illegal immigrants. not my problem

they only coming for legal immigrants. not my problem

they only coming for LGBTQ. not my problem

they only coming for Palestinian protesters. not my problem

they only coming for..