Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, two major law firms, are taking legal action against President Trump's executive orders that declare them as national security risks and curtail their capacity for high-level legal work. The firms argue that these orders are unconstitutional and thus do not require a trial. The outcome of this case is significant for the legal community, representing the implications of political retaliation against legal representation. The government defends Trump's actions as legitimate expressions of political speech, while the law firms push back against the punitive measures imposed on them.
The legal community is intensely interested in how these two cases proceed, after the president's executive orders and threats caused a deep rift of the world of elite corporate firms.
Simply put, blacklisting and sanctioning law firms for representing the president's political opponents... is anathema to our constitutional order, attorneys representing WilmerHale wrote in a filing.
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