‘An affront to the Constitution’: Hillary Clinton-linked law firm fires back at Trump with lawsuit over executive order targeting president’s perceived ‘enemies’

Left: President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Right: Right: Hillary Clinton speaks during an event with first lady Jill Biden to celebrate the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Laureates in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).

Left: President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Right: Right: Hillary Clinton speaks during an event with first lady Jill Biden to celebrate the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Laureates in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).

Perkins Coie, the law firm that represented Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential campaign, is suing the Trump administration over an allegedly unconstitutional executive order intended to “bully” and “retaliate against” the firm for representing clients that the president “perceives as political enemies.”

Donald Trump last week signed an order entitled “Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP,” in which he accused the firm of “undermining democratic elections” and engaging in racially discriminatory hiring practices. The order also purports to suspend security clearances for Perkins Coie employees, bar them from accessing government buildings, and terminate any contracts the firm may have with the government.

The 43-page complaint filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., federal court does not mince words, starting with an opening salvo attacking the order in the first paragraph.

“The Order is an affront to the Constitution and our adversarial system of justice,” the complaint states. “Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate points of view that the President perceives as adverse to the views of his Administration, whether those views are presented on behalf of paying or pro bono clients.”

The firm states that it filed the suit against the administration “reluctantly,” but ultimately refused to take the president’s attack on its business lying down.

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