‘Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like’: Judge describes Trump's EO targeting Perkins Coie. Rules it's ‘null and void’. (1 Viewer)

[CaughtInThe]

Hey, don't get mad at me for the words in the OP because they're literally the words of the Judge that ruled against wanna be King Trump...



“In a cringe-worthy twist on the theatrical phrase ‘Let’s kill all the lawyers,’ EO 14230 takes the approach of ‘Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like,’ sending the clear message: lawyers must stick to the party line, or else,” Howell adds.

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“Using the powers of the federal government to target lawyers for their representation of clients and avowed progressive employment policies in an overt attempt to suppress and punish certain viewpoints, however, is contrary to the Constitution,” the opinion goes on. “The Supreme Court has long made clear that ‘no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics … or other matters of opinion.’ Simply put, government officials ‘cannot … use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.’ That, however, is exactly what is happening here.”

'Null and void': Judge forcefully rejects Trump's executive order targeting Perkins Coie

"Settling personal vendettas by targeting a disliked business or individual for punitive government action is not a legitimate use of the powers of the U.S. government or an American President."

lawandcrime.com

 

[CaughtInThe]

"In a 5-page order and accompanying 102-page memorandum opinion, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a clean sweep for the plaintiffs. The court found the executive order “unlawful because it violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution” and “therefore null and void.”

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“No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,'” Howell writes. “Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.”

 

[CaughtInThe]

"But, the judge notes, the executive order also had knock-on effects for Perkins Coie’s clients as well. And those effects resulted in a constitutional violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

“EO 14230 has already forced plaintiff’s clients to choose between using their chosen lawyers and facing potential consequences from the government due to who they have hired as counsel,” the opinion goes on. “Forcing plaintiff’s clients to make such a choice violates their Sixth Amendment rights.”

 

[ColdHardTruth]

"In a 5-page order and accompanying 102-page memorandum opinion, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a clean sweep for the plaintiffs. The court found the executive order “unlawful because it violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution” and “therefore null and void.”

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“No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,'” Howell writes. “Eliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.”

Yup.

The orange sack of shit loses again.

 

[Pyrite]

Hey, don't get mad at me for the words in the OP because they're literally the words of the Judge that ruled against wanna be King Trump...



“In a cringe-worthy twist on the theatrical phrase ‘Let’s kill all the lawyers,’ EO 14230 takes the approach of ‘Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like,’ sending the clear message: lawyers must stick to the party line, or else,” Howell adds.

...

“Using the powers of the federal government to target lawyers for their representation of clients and avowed progressive employment policies in an overt attempt to suppress and punish certain viewpoints, however, is contrary to the Constitution,” the opinion goes on. “The Supreme Court has long made clear that ‘no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics … or other matters of opinion.’ Simply put, government officials ‘cannot … use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.’ That, however, is exactly what is happening here.”

'Null and void': Judge forcefully rejects Trump's executive order targeting Perkins Coie

"Settling personal vendettas by targeting a disliked business or individual for punitive government action is not a legitimate use of the powers of the U.S. government or an American President."

lawandcrime.com

Judge Beryl Howell didn't mince words.

 

[Pyrite]

"But, the judge notes, the executive order also had knock-on effects for Perkins Coie’s clients as well. And those effects resulted in a constitutional violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

“EO 14230 has already forced plaintiff’s clients to choose between using their chosen lawyers and facing potential consequences from the government due to who they have hired as counsel,” the opinion goes on. “Forcing plaintiff’s clients to make such a choice violates their Sixth Amendment rights.”

I hope the judges in the other lawsuits brought by BigLaw firms targeted by trump agree with Judge Howell that trump's EOs violate the First, the Fifth, and the Sixth Amendments.

 

[soap box]

That shameless **** will appeal.

 

[CaughtInThe]

I hope the judges in the other lawsuits brought by BigLaw firms targeted by trump agree with Judge Howell that trump's EOs violate the First, the Fifth, and the Sixth Amendments.

Me too

 

[CaughtInThe]

That shameless **** will appeal.

I wonder how many lawsuits Trump has been involved in his life. It has to be in the thousands. Either being sued or suing somebody.

Strangest thing, I've never been sued or had to sue. Probably because I'm honest and not an asshole.

 

[element94]

Hey, don't get mad at me for the words in the OP because they're literally the words of the Judge that ruled against wanna be King Trump...



“In a cringe-worthy twist on the theatrical phrase ‘Let’s kill all the lawyers,’ EO 14230 takes the approach of ‘Let’s kill the lawyers I don’t like,’ sending the clear message: lawyers must stick to the party line, or else,” Howell adds.

...

“Using the powers of the federal government to target lawyers for their representation of clients and avowed progressive employment policies in an overt attempt to suppress and punish certain viewpoints, however, is contrary to the Constitution,” the opinion goes on. “The Supreme Court has long made clear that ‘no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics … or other matters of opinion.’ Simply put, government officials ‘cannot … use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.’ That, however, is exactly what is happening here.”

'Null and void': Judge forcefully rejects Trump's executive order targeting Perkins Coie

"Settling personal vendettas by targeting a disliked business or individual for punitive government action is not a legitimate use of the powers of the U.S. government or an American President."

lawandcrime.com

There is nothing but dereliction of duty, criminality, and traitorhood in the Republican Party now. They dare to put forth a "king"! The left and the independents need to take back Congress in a big way, and begin impeaching these criminals ASAP! I can imagine years of impeachments and Senate trials, and mass incarceration (hopefully in El Salvador) of those found guilty of these crimes against the United States followed by long prison sentences and barred from ever holding any office of trust under the United States again! You've got the president of the United States now blatantly and massively benefitting financially from his office(!), and no one can, or will, do a thing about it! That has n-e-v-e-r been a thing to this degree in the United States, especially the fact that Trump is a convicted felon for 34 crimes of fraud committed against the laws of the United States!
Again, we're in effing la-la-land.

 

[CaughtInThe]

 

[CaughtInThe]

Anybody?

 

[Ikari]

MAGA commies are all about forcing obedience to Party.