US judge strikes down Trump order against law firm Perkins Coie

By Mike Scarcella and David Thomas (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday struck down Donald Trump's punitive executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's protections for free speech and due process in a setback for the Republican president's campaign against the legal industry. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell's ruling was the first by any judge