Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Court Victory for Law Firms That Refused to Capitulate to Trump

Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s reported plans to abandon its defense of Trump’s executive orders sanctioning several law firms.

“When the Trump Administration tried to bully and silence law firms by banning them from federal buildings, courthouses and contracts, a handful—like Susman Godfrey, Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale—fought back. Today, those firms forced Trump to back down and abandon his blatantly unconstitutional effort to punish lawyers, clients and causes because Trump disagrees with their speech. Meanwhile, the firms that chose to roll over saddled their associates and partners with doing billions of dollars-worth of free legal work for Trump, his twisted Administration and his MAGA allies.

“This is another significant victory for the rule of law over Trump's reign of lawlessness, and a reminder that those who fight back against authoritarianism are winning. There’s no safety in appeasement.”

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