The judiciary should act with resolve — now — to ensure that this abuse of executive power ceases,” the brief reads.

Two amicus briefs were submitted in support of Perkins Coie, one from 11 legal advocacy organizations, including the ACLU, and a second from past presidents of the D.C. Bar.

Over 500 law firms, including high-profile names like Arnold & Porter and Freshfields US, have joined forces in a court brief denouncing Donald Trump's crackdown on legal professionals. The firms support a lawsuit by Perkins Coie against an executive order targeting legal diversity and challenging Trump's potentially unlawful actions.

The Trump administration implored a federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed by Perkins Coie over his allegedly unconstitutional executive order targeting the firm. The post ‘Muzzling the Executive’: Trump admin says order targeting Hillary Clinton-linked law firm is ‘straightforwardly legal’ in seeking dismissal of lawsuit first appeared on Law & Crime.

Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown last month filed an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, a private law firm that filed a lawsuit in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to end federal contracts with the firm and revoke its security clearance.

Over 500 law firms have signed a brief opposing former President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting law firms, including Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, and Jenner & Block, for their diversity policies and legal work against his administration.