A federal judge permanently blocked President Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Wilmer Hale on Tuesday.
Trump's order sought to limit the impact of Wilmartler's Pickering Hale and Dore LLP by urging federal agencies to suspend security clearances for company employees and cancel contracts with the organization. US District Judge Richard Leon found that the order violated Constituion's first, fifth and sixth amendments, as well as the separation of power.
“For the reasons given below, I have concluded that the order must be discarded as unconstitutional,” Leon wrote. “It's true, otherwise controlling is dishonest to the father's judgment and vision of the founding father!”
Leon argued that Trump's order served as a threat to law firms around the country.
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President Donald Trump's order targeting Will Melhale's law firm was abolished as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Manuel Barthsenate)
“If you take on a cause that is unfavourable to President Trump, you will be punished!” Leon wrote. “Other companies facing similar executive orders are surrendering to President Trump.”
Wilmer Hale attracted Trump's rage as the home company of Robert Mueller, who served as a special advisor during Trump's first term and investigated his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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The federal judge was the troubling of Trump's agenda to return to the White House and block or delay key aspects of his immigration and economic planning.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has been heavily criticizing federal judges for blocking Trump's agenda.
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily suspended the administration's efforts to kill New York City's controversial congested pricing program.
US District Court Judge Lewis Liman issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the administration from removing the program and withholding federal funds if the city eliminates it and the city fails to resolve the program.
Another federal judge in Massachusetts accused Trump officials Monday night of failing to comply with his court orders after a group of immigrants were deported from the United States to South Sudan.
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US District Judge Brian Murphy has rejected Trump's request to amend or retract the judge's previous decision calling for the detention of six migrants deported to South Sudan without due process or notice.
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“Setting an immigration lawsuit on another continent proved to be more difficult and logistically cumbersome than the accused expected,” Murphy said at his order.
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Salvo is primarily on class action lawsuits from immigrants who are trying to deport them to third countries, including South Sudan, El Salvador and other countries, including Costa Rica and Guatemala, and the administration reportedly turned to an ongoing wave of deportation.
Fox News' Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report
