First Amendment Injunction Against Administration in Perkins Coie Law Firm Case
A very short excerpt from a 102-page opinion today by Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) in Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice:
Using the powers of the federal government to target lawyers for their representation of clients and avowed progressive employment policies in an overt attempt to suppress and punish certain viewpoints, however, is contrary to the Constitution, which requires that the government respond to dissenting or unpopular speech or ideas with “tolerance, not coercion.” 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023). The Supreme Court has long made clear that “no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics … or other matters of opinion.” W. Va. State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943). Simply put, government officials “cannot … use the power of the State t
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