Law Matters - Episode 23

In Episode 23, attorneys Kutzer and Olson take a deep dive into President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” along with the court case arising out of it. The attorneys focus in on the legal doctrine of unclean hands and the revocation of security clearances from lawyers and agents of the law firm, which is known for its involvement with anti-American schemes. They also address the responsibility of the President to ensure that laws are faithfully executed, as well as the issue of a politicized judiciary in the current environment.

Listen and learn about why the President made the decision to rescind the firm’s security clearance and disentangle the law firm from government agencies, the meaning of our Constitution’s “Taking Care” Clause for the President, and the need for judges to be impartial arbiters of the law, keeping politics or personal opinion out of their decisions. The case is Perkins Coie, LLP v U.S. Department of Justice, et al.