Go Perkins! I had law school classmates who went to work there--they were all top of the class. They must be retired by now.
We are becoming a country governed solely by personal opinions of people with the power to make noise. Another example is Mahmoud Khalil whose arrest was greenlighted by Rubio because of his personal opinion that anyone who supported Palestinians had to be Hamas supporters. It's becoming a land where all that is needed to punish someone is "We don' WIKE you."
As a former big law attorney in San Francisco, I totally agree with this lawsuit. Put simply, Trump is trying to drive Perkins Coie out of business for the “wrong” of representing clients with whom Trump disagrees. No big law firm can practice law without access to federal courts and federal employees.
Thanks, Tom, for giving us the actual response. It is beyond fathom, that such stupid charges should have been brought against anyone in any "free" country. Kudos to Perkins Coie for standing up to this harassment. In any honest Court they will win of course. But, it will cost us, the taxpayers to pay the bills invoked by trumpslime, how happy the evil triumvirate will be.
I do hope the court receives many an amicus curiae (friend of the court brief) from other BigLaw firms. And State DAs. Won't be holding my breath 'though.
Maybe I’m biased as a lawyer, but it seems to me that the conclusions of Paragraph 10 sets out sufficient high crimes and misdemeanors by that EO to support impeachment and conviction of Trump. And perhaps in an earlier age it would have. But our society has sunk so low that we have become inured to such base behavior.
Another thing I found interesting is the Perkins firm’s allegation that already the EO is having a chilling effect and silencing other firms that support Perkins but will not say so publicly. Perkins is calling them out and trying to shame them into speaking up. I hope it works. If lawyers take seriously their oaths to support and defend the Constitution, they must.
Happy to see Perkins Coie coming out strongly against this ridiculous attempt.
Go Perkins! I had law school classmates who went to work there--they were all top of the class. They must be retired by now.
We are becoming a country governed solely by personal opinions of people with the power to make noise. Another example is Mahmoud Khalil whose arrest was greenlighted by Rubio because of his personal opinion that anyone who supported Palestinians had to be Hamas supporters. It's becoming a land where all that is needed to punish someone is "We don' WIKE you."
Oh shit! You mean Trump violated the fundamentals of The Constitution??
That's a first! Claude Rains is shocked!
He’s doing it to show that he can. His actions are so much more personal than the Nazi actions against Jews. Revenge and greed drive his every breath.
Thanks for this explainer. Easy to grasp the core points of the matter.
I thought it would be heavier on the First Amendment claim. But, in any case, it seems to me to be very well grounded.
Yes, T appears to have walked all over the Bill of Rights.
"Chilling effect." Anyone who took a High School journalism class knows that term as well.
Where are the forms that have not been attacked by Trumpy? Can't they sign on with Amicus Brief?
As a former big law attorney in San Francisco, I totally agree with this lawsuit. Put simply, Trump is trying to drive Perkins Coie out of business for the “wrong” of representing clients with whom Trump disagrees. No big law firm can practice law without access to federal courts and federal employees.
Thanks, Tom, for giving us the actual response. It is beyond fathom, that such stupid charges should have been brought against anyone in any "free" country. Kudos to Perkins Coie for standing up to this harassment. In any honest Court they will win of course. But, it will cost us, the taxpayers to pay the bills invoked by trumpslime, how happy the evil triumvirate will be.
I do hope the court receives many an amicus curiae (friend of the court brief) from other BigLaw firms. And State DAs. Won't be holding my breath 'though.
Dirty bastards.
Wow, just wow
Excellent Tom. Thank you.
Maybe I’m biased as a lawyer, but it seems to me that the conclusions of Paragraph 10 sets out sufficient high crimes and misdemeanors by that EO to support impeachment and conviction of Trump. And perhaps in an earlier age it would have. But our society has sunk so low that we have become inured to such base behavior.
Another thing I found interesting is the Perkins firm’s allegation that already the EO is having a chilling effect and silencing other firms that support Perkins but will not say so publicly. Perkins is calling them out and trying to shame them into speaking up. I hope it works. If lawyers take seriously their oaths to support and defend the Constitution, they must.
Gary Wollberg
San Diego, CA
What a shame a civil suit can’t be filed.
It is a civil suit. What I postedwas just the introduction to the suit filed this morning.