{"id":68225,"date":"2026-03-03T01:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/justice-department-moves-to-drop-defense-of-trumps-executive-orders-targeting-law-firms\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:36:37","slug":"justice-department-moves-to-drop-defense-of-trumps-executive-orders-targeting-law-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/justice-department-moves-to-drop-defense-of-trumps-executive-orders-targeting-law-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department moves to drop defense of Trump&#8217;s executive orders targeting law firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 The Justice Department on Monday moved to drop its legal defense of President Trump&#8217;s executive orders that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trumps-big-law-firms-retribution\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">targeted several high-profile law firms<\/a><\/span>, according to court filings.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cadc.42238\/gov.uscourts.cadc.42238.01208826804.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">papers<\/a> filed with the U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration said it would be voluntarily dismissing appeals of lower court decisions that found the executive orders punishing the four firms were unconstitutional. The firms are Perkins Coie; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; Susman Godfrey and Jenner &amp; Block.<\/p>\n<p>While the Trump administration will no longer defend the executive orders against the four firms, it successfully extracted hundreds of millions of dollars in free legal services from nine others that\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/law-firm-skadden-cuts-100-million-pro-bono-deal-trump-avoid-executive-order\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cut<\/a><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114264667777137553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">deals<\/a> with the White House in an effort to head-off directives targeting them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government&#8217;s decision to dismiss its appeal is clearly the right one,&#8221; a spokesperson for WilmerHale said in a statement. &#8220;As we said from the outset, our challenge to the unlawful Executive Order was about defending our clients&#8217; constitutional right to retain the counsel of their choosing and defending the rule of law. We are pleased these foundational principles were vindicated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Susman Godrey said the Trump administration &#8220;capitulated,&#8221; bringing to an end what it said was an attack not only on the firm, but also the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We fought for ourselves, but we fought for bigger things, too: for a Constitution that protects our freedoms; for a legal profession that depends on equal justice under the law; and for the people across this country who refuse to back down in the face of an Administration that seeks to silence and intimidate them \u2014 lawyers and non-lawyers alike,&#8221; the firm said. &#8220;We did not seek this fight, but neither did we run from it. And we won.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jenner &amp; Block said in a statement: &#8220;The government&#8217;s decision to withdraw its appeals makes permanent the rulings of four federal judges that the executive orders targeting law firms, including Jenner &amp; Block, were unconstitutional.\u202f This chapter has once again confirmed what has been true of Jenner for more than\u202f a\u202f century \u2014 we\u202f will\u202f always zealously advocate for our clients and put them first, without compromise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The cases arose out of a series of executive orders that Mr. Trump signed in March and April of last year that sought to punish several law firms because of certain hires and legal work.<\/p>\n<p>The president <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/paul-weiss-executive-order-rescinded-white-house-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rescinded<\/a><\/span>\u00a0one of the measures, against Paul, Weiss, after the firm pledged to provide tens of millions of dollars in pro bono work to support White House initiatives. Mr. Trump&#8217;s directive had singled out the work of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mark-pomerantz-people-vs-donald-trump-60-minutes-2023-02-05\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mark Pomerantz<\/a><\/span>, who previously worked at the firm and who oversaw an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office into Mr. Trump&#8217;s finances before he became president.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the orders targeted the law firms&#8217; clients, access to federal buildings and officials, and security clearances held by their employees.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Perkins Coie, Mr. Trump attacked the firm because of its representation of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign and hiring of a research firm that retained former British spy Christopher Steele, who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/igor-danchenko-trump-steele-dossier-not-guilty-durham-probe\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">produced the infamous &#8220;Steele Dossier.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WilmerHale and Jenner &amp; Block, meanwhile, had employed lawyers who worked on the Justice Department&#8217;s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Among those was Robert Mueller, the special counsel who led the probe, at WilmerHale, and Andrew Weissmann, who was hired by Jenner &amp; Block. Both left their respective firms several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth firm that Mr. Trump sought to sanction, Susman Godfrey, represented Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News, which stemmed from unfounded claims about the 2020 election that were aired by the network. Fox and Dominion <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fox-news-dominion-voting-systems-lawsuit-settlement\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reached a $787 million settlement agreement<\/a><\/span> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the law firms had also been involved in litigation challenging aspects of Mr. Trump&#8217;s second-term agenda, including his attempt to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-executive-order-transgender-minors\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">withhold federal funds<\/a><\/span> from medical institutions that provide medical treatments to young people experiencing gender dysphoria and his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/inspectors-general-fired-trump-lawsuit\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">firings of inspector generals<\/a><\/span> across the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The four firms each sued the Trump administration, and four different federal judges ruled overwhelmingly in their favor, finding the measures violated the First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments. None of the executive orders took effect as a result of the litigation.<\/p>\n<p>In a decision siding with Perkins Coie, a federal judge <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-executive-order-perkins-coie-law-firm-unconstitutional\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found that the executive order<\/a><\/span> targeting the firm sent the message that &#8220;lawyers must stick to the party line, or else.&#8221; In ruling for Susman Godfrey, another judge <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-strikes-down-trump-executive-order-punishing-susman-godfrey-law-firm\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found that the government<\/a><\/span> &#8220;sought to use its immense power to dictate the positions that law firms may or may not take,&#8221; which threatened the foundation of legal representation in the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The judge, Loren AliKhan, said that the executive order was the result of a &#8220;personal vendetta&#8221; against Susman Godfrey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At another firm, Covington &amp; Burling, one of its lawyers, who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-end-bid-to-revive-trump-documents-case\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two prosecutions<\/a><\/span> of Mr. Trump, had his security clearance targeted. Smith&#8217;s cases against the president <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jack-smith-dismiss-charges-trump-d-c-election-case\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">were dropped<\/a><\/span> after he was elected to a second term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s executive orders led to a divide among the legal community, as a number of well-known firms reached agreements with the White House to protect themselves from being punished.<\/p>\n<p>The executive orders that targeted the firms were just one part of a broader campaign by Mr. Trump to go after his perceived political enemies in his second term. The president has also <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-revokes-security-clearances-of-kamala-harris-hillary-clinton-and-other-prominent-dems\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">revoked security clearances<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-removes-anthony-fauci-federal-security-detail\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">protective details<\/a><\/span> for officials who have criticized him, and the Justice Department obtained federal indictments against <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-fbi-director-james-comey-indicted-trump-doj\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">former FBI Director James Comey<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-york-ag-letitia-james-indicted-in-virginia-after-investigation-by-trumps-doj\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New York Attorney General Letitia James<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Those criminal cases, however, were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/james-comey-case-dismissed-judge-lindsey-halligan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dropped after a federal judge<\/a><\/span> found the prosecutor who secured the indictments was improperly appointed.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department&#8217;s decision to end its appeals in the cases involving the law firms also comes as it responds to more than 600 lawsuits that challenge many aspects of Mr. Trump&#8217;s agenda. Government lawyers have walked away from several of the cases, including one brought by the American Bar Association after the Justice Department cut off grants for training and support programs that aim to help domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge ruled in favor of the organization, and the Trump administration declined to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The American Bar Association filed a similar legal challenge to the law firm executive orders in June, arguing that the White House &#8220;used the vast powers of the Executive Branch to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes, and policy positions the President does not like,&#8221; in violation of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department was set to argue in favor of dismissing the group&#8217;s suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside 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