DOJ: Only President — Not Courts — Decides if Susman Godfrey is National Security Threat

The Trump administration is trying to persuade a federal appeals court to restore President Donald Trump’s executive orders against Houston-based Susman Godfrey and three other law firms, arguing that a president’s power to declare the firms national security threats is “unreviewable” by the courts.

In a 68-page brief filed late Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Trump administration argues that the appellate judges should reverse rulings by four federal district court judges because the president should not have to prove that his actions were retaliatory against the four law firms in deciding that they are threats to national security.