WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, filed (https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/amicus_brief_on_law_firms.pdf) an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, and Susman Godfrey, which are challenging the Trump Administration's Executive Orders targeting them for representing clients and hiring lawyers President Trump dislikes.
In the brief, the Senators warn that the Administration's Executive Orders infringe on Senators' First Amendment rights: "The Executive Orders stifle speech and distort public discourse. If opposing perspectives are targe...