Jenner & Block, the former law firm of former Robert Mueller team prosecutor and current MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, calling Trump’s executive order targeting the firm “an unconstitutional abuse of power against lawyers, their clients, and the legal system.”“The Order threatens not only Jenner, but also its clients and the legal system itself. Our Constitution, top to bottom, forbids attempts by the government to punish citizens and lawyers based on the clients they represent, the positions they advocate, the opinions they voice, and the people with whom they associate,” the lawsuit states. Trump has targeted several law firms that have employed people he believes have targeted him in past years, including Mueller’s former firm WilmerHale, Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block. “These orders send a clear message to the legal profession: Cease certain representations adverse to the government and renounce the Administration’s critics—or suffer the consequences,” attorneys for Jenner & Block wrote in the lawsuit. “The orders also attempt to pressure businesses and individuals to question or even abandon their associations with their chosen counsel, and to chill bringing legal challenges at all.”The firm wants a judge to block the enforcement of Trump’s executive order, and deem it unconstitutional. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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