Two law firms on March 28 sued President Donald Trump over orders that directed the revocation of their security clearances.
Jenner & Block LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, or WilmerHale, said Trump’s orders revoking their clearances and directing officials to terminate contracts the firms have with the federal government are unconstitutional.
Trump’s orders, issued this week, say the firms engaged in activities that “undermine justice and the interests of the United States.”
The order against Jenner & Block “sanctions Jenner for its representation of clients in cases adverse to the government, for its prior association with an individual who has not worked at the Firm in four years but has been critical of the President, and for its hiring practices,” the firm said in its suit. “Each of these grounds, standing alone, is a constitutionally impermissible basis to target Jenner.”…