Judge strikes down Trump order targeting law firm Jenner & Block
Source: Politico
05/23/2025 07:04 PM EDT
A federal judge has for the second time struck down President Donald Trump’s effort to punish a law firm by stripping it of its ability to do business with the government. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled Friday that the executive order targeting Jenner & Block violates constitutional guarantees of speech and right-to-counsel and cannot legally be enforced.
The decision by Bates, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, follows a similar ruling in favor of law firm Perkins Coie earlier this month in a separate challenge to Trump’s orders seeking to penalize law firms he perceives as hostile. “This order, like the others, seeks to chill legal representation the administration doesn’t like, thereby insulating the Executive Branch from the judicial check fundamental to the separation of powers,” Bates wrote.
Trump sought to punish Jenner & Block because a former member of the firm — Andrew Weissmann — played a role in the investigation of his links to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Weissmann, who has not worked at Jenner & Block since 2021, has been a vocal Trump critic and a prominent legal analyst on MSNBC during Trump’s multiple criminal cases.
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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://tmsnrt.rs/4kcspjn
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