Hundreds of Big Firm Partners back Susman Godfrey

Susman Godfrey which represented Dominion Voting in a successful $765 million settlement of a suit against Fox News is the victim of a vindictive Trump Executive Order .  the firm has now received the support of  seven hundred of big firm partners who have joined an amicus brief.

Their argument is plain:

ARGUMENT  

A. The Executive Order exceeds the President’s authority and intrudes on core judicial functions......................................................................................................................2 

B. The Executive Order violates the First Amendment. .......................................................6 

C. The Executive Order violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. ...................................9

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The Court should reject this unconstitutional Executive Order quickly, definitively, and with the forceful permanent injunctive relief the wrong requires. The Executive Order intrudes on the courts’ Article III power to decide cases based on zealous adversarial presentation, while exceeding the President’s limited Article II authority. It violates Susman’s First Amendment rights by retaliating against Susman for the views it and its clients have expressed and for its protected activity petitioning the courts on behalf of its clients. And by punishing both Susman and its clients through executive fiat, the orders violate the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process as well as the Fifth and Sixth Amendments’ right to counsel