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Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order Targeting Law Firm for Election Work
Democracy Docket ^ | March 12, 2025 | Jacob Knutson

Posted on 03/12/2025 1:56:28 PM PDT by Diogenesis

"A federal judge Wednesday issued a temporary block to
President Donald Trump’s executive order against the law firm Perkins Coie
for its election work representing his political opponents.
District Judge Beryl Howell, who was appointed by President Barack Obama,
said Trump’s order was clearly “retaliatory in nature” against Perkins Coie.
....
Perkins Coie was the second law firm targeted by Trump.
In a separate but similar order last month,
the president also attacked Covington & Burling for representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith,
who pursued indictments against Trump over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election
and his mishandling of classified documents."

(Excerpt) Read more at democracydocket.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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The treasonous judge who protects traitors belongs in GITMO.
1 posted on 03/12/2025 1:56:28 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis

This is one for Trump to completely ignore. Trump can fire anybody who tries to provide them with classified information. Bondi needs to jail them.


2 posted on 03/12/2025 1:59:11 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Sirius Lee

No one has a right to a security clearance.


4 posted on 03/12/2025 1:59:54 PM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: Diogenesis

They would have to expand gitmo to house all the traitorous federal judges. Hey I can’t wait till someone plays the 6 stages of kevin bacon with this guy and we can see he was placed there by soros or something. Cousin of hillary


5 posted on 03/12/2025 1:59:54 PM PDT by Strict9
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To: Diogenesis
A federal judge...needs a blanket party.
6 posted on 03/12/2025 1:59:55 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Diogenesis

“treasonous.”

Really? You might want to research treason before using the term indiscriminately (and incorrectly).


7 posted on 03/12/2025 1:59:55 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Diogenesis

So many judges to ignore.


8 posted on 03/12/2025 2:02:03 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Labyrinthos

the attacks on Pres. Trump — then and now —
were and are TREASON.

“treasonous” is what they are, and the judge is
KNOWINGLY an accomplice.


9 posted on 03/12/2025 2:02:14 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Labyrinthos

Free Speech. Too bad.


10 posted on 03/12/2025 2:03:04 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Diogenesis

“””District Judge Beryl Howell, who was appointed by President Barack Obama,
said Trump’s order was clearly “retaliatory in nature”””

Does this idiot judge know that Biden yanked President Trumps security clearance on day one? AS I recall.


11 posted on 03/12/2025 2:03:05 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Mouton

Yup. The President has plenary power in this regard as to who gets it and who doesn’t. The judge needs to be slapped judicially so hard that he doesn’t land until next September. Actually, these douchebags should be dis-barred.


12 posted on 03/12/2025 2:03:33 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Labyrinthos

Exactly. Treason is the only crime directly referred to in the Constitution, as is it’s required threshold of proof.

There are plenty of other crimes that can be prosecuted, it just take the will to investigate and bring charges.


13 posted on 03/12/2025 2:04:09 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: Diogenesis

Obama DEI anti Trump fanatic Beryl Howell again. She needs to be impeached.


14 posted on 03/12/2025 2:04:58 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Diogenesis

Eventually, Trump is right!


15 posted on 03/12/2025 2:05:06 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: clee1

every attack on the elected President CIC is treason.
every one. foreign and domestic.

[not clear why some of you defend the attackers.]

18 U.S.C. § 2381 :
“Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”


16 posted on 03/12/2025 2:05:42 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Diogenesis

To be treason you would have to first prove they were in the employ of a foreign power with whom we were at war against at the time.

The founding fathers set the hurdle defining treason really high.


17 posted on 03/12/2025 2:06:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Probably best to start with #3


18 posted on 03/12/2025 2:07:57 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: Diogenesis

How interesting that the linked article is at “Democracy Docket” - a patriotic sounding entity...

One *might* think that until one gets to the bottom of the article and reads:
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“Disclosure: Democracy Docket Founder Marc Elias served as chair of the Political Law Group at Perkins Coie until 2021, and played a role in some of the work that the White House has cited as justification for its executive order.”

If you don’t know who Marc Elias is, you might want to read this:

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/31/biden-marc-elias-democrats-election-lawsuits


19 posted on 03/12/2025 2:08:05 PM PDT by BB62
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To: Diogenesis

20 posted on 03/12/2025 2:11:13 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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