The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with the ACLU and other organizations, filed an amicus brief against President Trump's executive order that targets Perkins Coie law firm. This order is condemned as unconstitutional and punitive for its past advocacy on voting rights and representation of political rivals. EFF argues that the order jeopardizes clients' rights to legal counsel and undermines essential checks and balances in democracy. By discouraging legal representation against the federal government, the executive order represents a dangerous overreach of power and threatens the integrity of the justice system.
If allowed to stand, these pressure tactics will have broad and lasting impacts on Americans' ability to retain legal counsel in important matters, to arrange their business and personal affairs as they like, and to speak their minds.
Lawsuits against the federal government are a vital component of the system of checks and balances that undergirds American democracy.
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