WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration Wednesday from enforcing portions of an Executive Order designed to punish a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into ties between the Republican candidate and Russia.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing portions of an executive order designed to punish a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposi

A U.S. judge blocked provisions of President Donald Trump's order targeting attorneys at Perkins Coie on Wednesday, saying the legal profession was "watching in horror" at what the law firm was experiencing.

While Trump’s executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it “casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal

The executive order is a means of retaliating against Perkins Coie for representing clients the president doesn’t like, the judge said, noting it runs right up against the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protecting freedom of speech.

A U.S. judge has agreed to temporarily block implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order to strip security clearances and take other actions against prominent law firm Perkins Coie over its policies promoting workforce diversity and its work for his 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton.

Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown threw his support behind the Seattle-based law firm targeted by President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration was ordered to halt, at least temporarily, parts of its executive order punishing the law firm Perkins Coie.

The executive order, if allowed to take effect, would hamstring the firm’s ability to represent clients who have business with the federal government.