A federal district court yesterday temporarily halted enforcement of President Trump's EO that targeted the law firm Perkins Coie. The temporary restraining order enjoins the Department of Justice and other federal agencies from "implementing or enforcing Sections 1, 3, and 5 of Executive Order 14230 . . . entitled 'Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP."
Here's the full docket for the case.
President Trump's EO appears to have no basis, except for political retribution. Perkins Coie alleged that it constituted an unconstitutional exercise of judicial authority (for attempting to regulate and sanction lawyers for professional misconduct, a judicial function); that it violated procedural due process; that it was unconstitutionally vague; that it violated equal protection; that it violated free speech and associational rights (in several ways); and that it violated the right to counsel.
The ruling means that the defendant agencies can't enforce those sections of the EO for now, and pending further litigation. It's not a final ruling on the merits (although it's not hard to see why it foretells a final ruling on the merits).