Donald Trump tries to punish Seattle-based Perkins Coie with a patently unconstitutional executive order [View all]
Donald Trump means it when he speaks of seeking retribution and vengeance and is directing state power at a Seattle law firm that has angered him. Targeting the opposition’s litigators is a tool often used by the world’s authoritarians.
Perkins Coie used to be anchored in corporate law, the firm of Boeing and the Puget Sound Power & Light Company. Longtime Boeing CEO William Allen and Puget Power boss John Ellis, Republican nabobs both, were alumni of the firm.
In the last twenty-five years, however, Perkins has developed a new specialty in election law. It represents the Democratic Party, Democratic Campaign Committee and the Obamas. Two partners, Ron Gould and M. Margaret McKeown, were Clinton appointees to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, Trump directed a vengeance driven executive order at Perkins, doing so with relish. “This is just an honor to sign: what they’ve done is terrible,” said the wannabe dictator. Trump accused Perkins of using the law for “weaponization against a political opponent”, exactly what he has chosen to do.
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