Washington – A federal judge said on Tuesday that it will prevent the Trump administration from enforced by an executive order that Points to the law firm Susman Godfrey, discovering that the directive probably takes reprisals against the company and its clients for its exercise of constitutionally protected discourse.
The US District Judge, Loren Alikhan, granted the request for the signing of a temporary resting order after a hearing and said that Susman Godfrey is likely to be successful in his statements that the Executive Order, signed by President Trumps. She specifically blocked the administration to enforce the provisions related to federal hiring and restrict the access of Sosman employees to federal buildings and participate with government workers.
Alikhan said when issuing his ruling from the bank that the government “sought to use its immense power to dictate the positions that law firms may or may not take,” Thichetens the basis of legal representation on said said said said against Susman Godfrey.
“The editors of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power,” said Alikhan, who is in the Federal District Court in Washington, DC.
After the hearing, the firm said in a statement that thanks the court for addressing the unconstitutionality of the order of Mr. Trump.
“This fight is bigger and more important than any company. Susman Godfrey is fighting this unconstitutional executive order that violates the rights of all Americans and the rule of law. This fight is correct, and we only save and we.
Susman Godfrey is the fourth law firm in being successful in the early stages of laws that challenge the executive orders signed by Trump. The orders, signed in recent weeks, each threaten companies with sanctions due to their legal work, as well as lawyers who are currently or previously in their payrolls.
Susman Godfrey represented Dominion’s voting systems in a demand for defamation filed against Fox News about the statement without foundation that was issued on the 2020 elections, which Trump falsely affirms was manipulated against him. The case ended with an agreement of $ 787 million Agreement before the start of the trial. The firm also represents Dominion in a defamation case against Newsmax, a conservative television network. A jury trial in that dispute is scheduled to start at the end of the months.
Duration of the Audience, Donald Verrilli, who represents Susman Godfrey, described Mr. Trump’s executive order “one of the most unconstitutional exercises of Executive Power in the history of this nation.” He told the Court that he “runs roughly” about the separation of powers.
Pointing to other law firms that have Agreements reached With the White House, which is likely that Mr. Trump be attacked by Trump, Verrilli said they have done so to “remain on the good side of the president.” Those nine companies have Accept to provide Between $ 40 million and $ 125 million in pro bonus works supported by the President.
“We are sliding very fast in an abyss,” said Verrilli. “There is only one way to stop that slide: so that the courts act decisively and act decisively now.”
In addition to Suman Godfrey, Trump has signed executive orders that seek to punish the companies Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. All companies have submitted demands that question the constitutionality of the orders, and the judges have Temporary orders issued Blocking the application of them while the litigation continues.