More than 1,100 law students back Susman Godfrey in its lawsuit over Trump order

April 29 (Reuters) – More than 1,100 law students on Tuesday filed a court brief supporting law firm Susman Godfrey, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order against the firm amounts to “government reprisal.”

The friend-of-the-court brief, opens new tab was filed by 1,129 law students and 51 law student organizations in Washington, D.C., federal court.

The law students’ brief said that Trump’s executive orders are retaliation against Susman and other law firms for “taking up representations disfavored by those in control of the executive branch of the government.”

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