A federal judge in Washington on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm, ruling it unconstitutional.

Trump’s March 6 executive order accused Perkins Coie of “dishonest and dangerous activity” that “has affected this country for decades.” It stated that Perkins Coie, at the behest of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, hired Fusion GPS, which then manufactured the discredited Steele dossier used to allege collusion between Russia and Trump in the 2016 election campign.

Trump also criticized the firm for working with billionaire liberal George Soros and other activist donors “to judicially overturn popular, necessary, and democratically enacted election laws, including those requiring voter identification.” The order stripped security clearances from the firm’s attorneys, limited their access to federal buildings, and ordered agencies to take steps to end government contracts with its clients.

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