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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Jenner & Block says the executive order, one in a series of White House decrees over the last month meant to punish the legal community, is unconstitutional and that it expects to “prevail quickly.”
The Financial Times |
According to Trump’s executive order, Perkins Coie would be banned from federal government work and have any security clearances revoked.

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