The PERKINS COIE law firm spits hot fire in its suit against Trump’s executive order aimed at punishing the firm. Strongly recommend reading the first 10 paragraphs of the “WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT” section. (h/t @mikescarcella.bsky.social) fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc... - ThreadSky

ericcolumbus.bsky.social • 14 hours ago

The PERKINS COIE law firm spits hot fire in its suit against Trump’s executive order aimed at punishing the firm.

Strongly recommend reading the first 10 paragraphs of the “WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT” section.

(h/t @mikescarcella.bsky.social)

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/movayjxldva/Perkins%20Coie%20v%20DOJ%2020250311.pdf

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westsidewitch.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"The Order's peculiar title betrays its oddity as an Executive Order"

deehellcat.bsky.social•14 hours ago

whoo, didn't they just! The only thing they could have done differently was possibly put 'Executive Order'/'Order' in quotes, to subtly emphasize the utter bullshittery of it.

graham62.bsky.social•11 hours ago

📌

awakeneddragon.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Not a legal person, but it sure felt very good to read. Almost like they were speaking of a child (little Donnie the toddler).

blessevery1.bsky.social•9 hours ago

That EO is a hate crime bill of attainder, pure and simple.

fishlawjensen.bsky.social•12 hours ago

This is my firm. We did not pick this fight. But here we are having to fight for the right of clients to choose their own lawyers without interference from a president (convicted felon or not) and his political biases. Every lawyer, law firm, and client has a dog in this fight.

youtackything.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Good for you. Sorry so many other firms are being fucking cowards.

rayrayraider.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Any word on the BAR or other legal associations being involved in similar cases (or this one)?

I'm not versed in legal proceedings at all and am curious on perspectives

fishlawjensen.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I am hopeful our filing will show them how to fight.

duimaze.bsky.social•10 hours ago

President of the ABA was on NPR this morning.

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•12 hours ago

JUDGE HOWELL moves *very* fast and schedules hearing for Wednesday 2pm on PERKINS COIE’s motion for a temporary restraining order.

Brief here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.2.1.pdf

All case docs here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.2.1.pdf

avvocato.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Heroes and heroines all! Like the brave fellow passengers in Nazi Germany who declared to the Jew-hunting Gestapo agents, “we are all Jews!” 🦋🦋🇺🇦🇺🇦💙💙🌊🌊

tychobravo.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Thank you so much Eric for the #AltText! And for adding in spaces and punctuation to slow the screen reader down at the right places 🩷

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Sorry this is the right link to the entire docket, which includes all filings👇👇

wendyrogovin.bsky.social•10 hours ago

powerful brief by Williams & Connolly on behalf of Perkins Coie.

fuzzyblumonster.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Sometimes heroes wear business suits (probably have their capes tucked away in their briefcases just in case.)

susankelly18.bsky.social•11 hours ago

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/

jaoswald.bsky.social•12 hours ago

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/

knitdan.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Amazing how fast the legal system can move when it’s lawyers rather than regular people who are affected.

michaelatty.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Guess this isn’t fast enough for you? People have only been working on these way before the election, using Project 2025 as a guide.

113 lawsuits 3/10/25

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/

knitdan.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I’m talking about the legal system itself, which in my view treats any issue directly involving lawyers and law firms with more urgency.

Not a critique of the people putting in the work.

fuzzyblumonster.bsky.social•9 hours ago

By attacking lawyers - that is, preventing the law firm from being able to practice fully practice law without costraint (he's barring access to federal courtrooms) - he's also attacking every one of the firm's clients.

THAT's why this is so urgent.

secretsandlaws.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Good draw. Howell will issue a TRO by 3pm.

chrisbfs.bsky.social•6 hours ago

This new Administration's DOJ is trying to silence anyone who pushes back against our dictator. Now that's what I call "Weaponization of the DOJ."

bookishindc.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Working for DOJ trying to defend this madness must be embarrassing.

2cacklesnaps.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I know right 😳

oneoldster.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I haven't seen that Bondi has any sense of shame. How else could she have accepted this appointment?

suzai.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Shame is not allowed in this regime

reftpt93.bsky.social•10 hours ago

And yet… I don’t see how you could sleep at night.

bookishindc.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I think DOJ is going to lose a lot of good people for that very reason.

smyers.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The whole filing is *beautiful* (chef's kiss!). An excellent read.

debookie.bsky.social•10 hours ago

One of the few things I’ve read today that left me feeling deeply calm. Well done.

lighthouses7.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Remaining pages...

pophouse.bsky.social•14 hours ago

there is a link

lighthouses7.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Thanks. I scan too fast

aegomezjr.bsky.social•14 hours ago

📌

astill73.bsky.social•14 hours ago

📌

cbernardh.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Why isn't Perkins new law firm W&C doing this? Isn't that the reason they hired them?

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•14 hours ago

They are doing it. W&C wrote the brief on Perkins’ behalf.

cbernardh.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Got it, thanks Eric.

blandphilosophy.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Hoo boy

youtackything.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Copy-paste into articles of impeachment.

hopefull66.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Pick a Constitutional Amendment, and we’ll tell you how they violated it.

planetabsurdia.bsky.social•11 hours ago

If they succeed, they’ll have done a solid for ALL large firms and smaller firms that handle federal cases. Section 4 is a doozy!

beyonddemocracy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/beyonddemocracy.bsky.social/post/3lk5efriw3k2x

wildflowertx.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Awesome, good for them. I wish more law firms would speak out. I was a paralegal for 25 years at several good-sized national and international firms, and this just pisses me off.

fsquared.bsky.social•13 hours ago

This deserves to hang in the Smithsonian.

hekintx.bsky.social•14 hours ago

wow

djsziff.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Perkins, Perkins, Perkins, Perkins, Perkins.

trosen76.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Never thought I'd be on the side of big law as the oppressed party but we're in strange times indeed.

meithemouse.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Look, big firms like them rep a lot of clients who, shall we say, can be straight up evil. Big corporate evil. Sometimes autocratic state evil. But they also do a lot of small stuff as well, including a lot of pro bono nonprofit work.

They know if you can go after one, you can go after them all.

trosen76.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I know. I work for a big law firm.

meithemouse.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Fair fair...

bdonedone.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Right? Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows. I'm not normally going to cape for Biglaw, but in this instance I hope they bury the DOJ in a pile of law and motion work higher than Mt. Everest.

edwalker.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Next the answer. FRCP 11(b): a lawyer who signs a pleading certifies that after reasonable investigation "(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information." That should be fun.

area-educator.bsky.social•10 hours ago

📌

wizatfinance.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Yup. Straight out of the nazi playbook.

bjarvela.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Wow. I half expected that filing to end with a xerox of someone's taint.

Spits hot fire? This is Godzilla firing it straight down the other monster's mouth.

philmctimoney.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I read it! Thanks for posting.

sbpnw.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The first paragraph alone is awesome! Sue all the bastards!!

maryhilt.bsky.social•11 hours ago

They stood up and said in legalspeak:

"FUCK YOU TRUMP! SEE YOU IN COURT!"

maryhilt.bsky.social•10 hours ago

If I were a lawyer, I'd be overjoyed to have an interview with them.

Great legal writing and it wins on all merits just from the first 10 paragraphs.

1estoest1.bsky.social•12 hours ago

If the 🍊 had any skills in assessing the soundness of arguments, he would hasten to sign an executive order to sanction himself.

joelwelter.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Whoo boy! This better be fast-tracked to the SC. If not, laws will have no meaning in this country because nobody will be able to get a defense counsel.

jcooksv.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Given the harms laid out in the complaint, I don't understand why they are not also seeking significant monetary damages for the harm already caused in addition to injunctive relief to prevent the harm from becoming irreparable.

jspetrak.name•10 hours ago

I guess it is there. Look at table of content in the thread above. There is one chapter for damages.

kootafoot.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I think it's just a matter of time, short time, before this whole exercise of the take over of the United States starts to crumble in upon itself. And then the rats will run to safety And say they were with the country all along! People Power over Tyranny. I do believe it's going to work.

duncanidho.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Why do they use the phrase “purported misconduct”? Was there misconduct?
If there was then use the appropriate process to confirm it.

ampersine.bsky.social•10 hours ago

tl;dr it's not material here whether there was misconduct and it's not really the right venue to hash that out. They're just suing to have the EO declared invalid (which it is). "Purported misconduct" is sort of a shortcut for "look, even if Trump had a point, this is *still* totally illegal"

duncanidho.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Thank you for the explanation, I get focused on not giving this administration anything, and miss what normal looks like.

sam-or-i.bsky.social•8 hours ago

#10 from reasons list names 12 valid constitutional arguments stemming from one order.

This administration is shameless

barb-savage.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Thx for posting the link! I’m a lawyer wannabe but found this really compelling. Can’t wait to see the next installments - doofus response and the rulings.

mikernfn.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I have to believe courts are going to side with the lawyers in this case. If defense lawyers can't represent "disfavored" clients, our adversarial system doesn't work.

kcclyburn.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Paragraph 10 is just straight fire.

Idk it seems like maybe it was a bad idea to piss off a bunch of lawyers who have already defeated you several times in court.

youtackything.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Somebody put this in a TikTok with "Ether."

marshallwindbag.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Retired attorney here. That is some of the best most direct legal writing I’ve ever read.

periodictweet.bsky.social•14 hours ago

That paragraph should have started “When in the course of human events....let Facts be submitted to a candid world.”

kcclyburn.bsky.social•14 hours ago

This is as close to “I hate the way that you walk the way that you talk I hate the way that you dress I hate the way that you sneak diss if one of mine catches flight it’s gonna be direct” as you can get in a law filing.

agllegal.bsky.social•10 hours ago

This is a fine piece of legal writing. No overstatement or theatrics, just letting the facts speak for themselves.

obearwan-kenobi.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Paragraph 10 goes hard

masterofnone87.bsky.social•13 hours ago

They're all great, but I loved the 10th.

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