A judge on Wednesday imposed a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, barring it from enforcing parts of an executive order penalizing a top Democratic-linked law firm that was involved in pushing discredited Russian collusion allegations during the first Trump presidency.
Judge Beryl Howell said during a hearing that Perkins Coie, which aided Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, successfully proved its firm would suffer irreparable harm “on multiple fronts,” including violations of its First, Fifth, and Sixth amendment rights, if the emergency relief was not granted.
Howell, an Obama appointee, said targeting Perkins Coie “may be amusing in Alice in Wonderland,” referencing the Queen of Hearts’s infamous line, “Off with their heads!”
“But this cannot be the reality we are living under,” Howell said.
The judge said Trump’s…
