Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft, Intel and Eli Lilly submitted a legal brief on April 8 accusing US President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms reut.rs/4cqj0Bt 1/6 - ThreadSky

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Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft, Intel and Eli Lilly submitted a legal brief on April 8 accusing US President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms https://reut.rs/4cqj0Bt 1/6

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jessejamez.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tyrants against the wall!! ALL of them!

windahl.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well...it great to see companies caring about some of the repugnant shit going one instead of just crying about the stock prices.

velvetdunn4.bsky.social•3 days ago

They will fucking cave and bend at the knee to lick trumps ass, there been doing since 2013 if not earlier

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The 67 mostly former general counsels said Trump's orders violate the US Constitution and ‘hijack’ the relationships companies have with their outside lawyers 2/6

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The friend-of-the-court brief was filed to support Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over an executive order that suspended its lawyers' access to government buildings and officials and threatened to cancel federal contracts held by the firm's clients 3/6

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Trump issued similar executive orders against law firms WilmerHale and Jenner & Block. All three firms have sued the administration and won rulings temporarily blocking Trump's orders 4/6

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Trump has targeted law firms that represented clients who have challenged his policies in court, employed lawyers involved in prosecutorial investigations against Trump, or represent people who previously have investigated him 5/6

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Trump’s orders also have faulted the law firms for workplace diversity policies https://reut.rs/4cqj0Bt 6/6

dibblehepcat.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Former”

lilydeb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Do they have standing? SCOTUS denied a recent case against trump because of a lack of standing.

vegasgello.bsky.social•3 days ago

In a word...

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