Last Thursday, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit heard argument in Perkins Coie v. DOJ, the case in which a few law firms that were targeted by Trump because the firms hired people or represented clients the president does not like. The firms challenged the executive orders which Trump signed to strip lawyers of security clearances, eliminate their access to government contracts and employment, and which sought to prevent the firms’ lawyers from having access federal buildings. All of the law firms who chose to challenge the orders have won their challenges so far. In fact, the lower courts didn’t simply enjoin the orders but also restored yanked clearances.
Observers of the oral argument have suggested that the panel agreed with the law firms in that the executive orders are unconstitutional. See, coverage in Courthouse News Service. Even the right wing Washington Legal Foundation agrees that they are. See here. See also coverage in The Hill.
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