US judge bars Trump executive order against law firm WilmerHale

Judges on Trump’s war on Big Law: 5 explosive quotes from recent orders

President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders targeting Big Law firms. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s recent string of court losses in his war on Big Law has resulted in sweeping smackdowns from federal judges. The judges, all sitting in the US District Court for Washington, DC, ruled against the Trump administration and blocked executive orders targeting WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Perkins Coie. A de…

'Unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!': Federal judge slaps down Trump's latest revenge fantasy with a U.S. history lesson

In a scathing 73-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon struck down President Donald Trump‘s March 2025 executive order targeting WilmerHale, one of the nation’s largest law firms, calling the move “unconstitutional” and “unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers.” The decision delivers a strong rebuke to what the court framed as Trump’s misuse of executive power to punish perceived political enemies. The executive…

Trump Gets Ass Kicked Again On Law Firm Orders

This will come as a shock, but the White House can’t just arbitrarily punish law firms for disagreeing with the president. Feel free to pass this message along to Paul Weiss and the crowd.Fresh off the retaliatory order Trump lodged against Jenner & Block getting struck down — which itself came after the Perkins Coie order got kicked to the curb — a judge just struck down the order purporting to punish WilmerHale.It clocks in at a whopping 73 pa…

Lawfare wins again: Judge stops Trump from punishing Mueller-linked firm

President Donald Trump has attempted to deny special privileges to elite law firms directly or peripherally involved in the lawfare waged against him and his allies in recent years. Federal judges have sided with the law firms on every occasion, including on Tuesday in the case of a firm that long employed former special counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller.District Judge Richard Leon ruled that the president's order to deny security clearanc…

Judge Blocks Trump's Order With 'Tone of Open Fury'

President Trump's attempts to punish law firms for political reasons failed for the third time this month when a federal judge on Tuesday struck down his executive order sanctioning WilmerHale. And Judge Richard Leon did it with flair, notes CNBC , which writes that Leon "suffused his 73-page order with a...

Judge declares Trump Executive Order against WilmerHale unconstitutional

WilmerHale follows in the footsteps of Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block in making Trump's executive order against them null and void. US District Court District of Columbia Judge Richard Leon issued his ruling Tuesday afternoon. "For the reasons set...