On March 2, 2026, the United States government filed an unopposed motion to voluntarily dismiss its appeal of the district court ruling declaring the Executive Order against Susman Godfrey to be unconstitutional. Susman Godfrey issued the following statement:
“The Government has capitulated, which is a fitting end to its plainly unconstitutional attack on Susman Godfrey and the rule of law. In doing so, it has abandoned any attempt to defend the indefensible executive order against our firm. Susman Godfrey fights tirelessly for its clients every day, so of course we defended ourselves when the President sought to punish and intimidate us because of the clients we represent and the values we hold. We fought for ourselves, but we fought for bigger things, too: for a Constitution that protects our freedoms; for a legal profession that depends on equal justice under the law; and for the people across this country who refuse to back down in the face of an Administration that seeks to silence and intimidate them—lawyers and non-lawyers alike. We did not seek this fight, but neither did we run from it. And we won. We salute the excellent lawyers who represented us, the legal profession that supported us, and the clients who steadfastly stood by us as we opposed the Administration’s blatantly unconstitutional actions.”
You can read the filing here and learn more about the case, including all filings involved, Susman Godfrey statements, and related media coverage, here.
