The Justice Department abandoned its defense of President Trump's executive orders targeting four major law firms, making permanent federal court rulings that found the measures unconstitutional. The Trump administration has abandoned its legal fight to enforce executive orders targeting four major law firms, dropping appeals just days before a critical filing deadline and effectively conceding defeat after multiple federal judges ruled the measures unconstitutional. The Justice Department filed motions Monday to voluntarily dismiss appeals in consolidated cases involving Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey. The surrender makes permanent four separate district court rulings that found the president's 2025 executive orders which sought to cancel government contracts, suspend security clearances, and restrict access to federal buildings violated the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. President Trump had targeted the firms for their associations with political adversaries: Perkins Coie for representing Hillary Clinton in 2016, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block for employing Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissmann respectively, and Susman Godfrey for repres...