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DOJ Investigation of Trenton Police Department

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On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (collectively, DOJ) opened a pattern or practice investigation of the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department (TPD) under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 34 U.S.C. § 12601. The investigation assessed whether the City and the Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment, as well as unlawful stops, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Cumberland County

1:23-cv-02655 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 17, 2023

This was a lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), who alleged that the Cumberland County jail failed to provide constitutionally adequate mental healthcare to prisoners who were at risk of suicide or self-harm. The DOJ Civil Rights Division filed a complaint and proposed consent decree under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) on May 17, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Cumberland County and the Cumberland Cou…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Committee of Five, Inc. v. Sullivan

1:25-cv-01668 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 27, 2025

This is a case challenging whether a recently passed provision of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) violates a private company's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. On May 27, 2025, XX-XY Athletics filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Colorado against the Director of the Colorado Civil Rights, members of the the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, and the Colorado Attorney General, all in their official capacities. Represented by an attorney from the Alliance Defe…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors - Harvard Faculty Chapter v. U.S. Department Of Justice

1:25-cv-10910 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 11, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s 2025 suspension and termination of federal funding to Harvard University in response to alleged antisemitism on campus. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.)  On April 11, 2025, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), its Harvard Faculty Chapter (AAUP–Harvard), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Di…

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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

1:25-cv-12173 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On October 6, 2025, a group of Chicago journalistic organizations filed suit against the Trump administration in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois to protect their First Amendment rights to peacefully protest the government's deployment of the national guard to the city of Chicago. Plaintiffs want to protest in the area around the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, and in other places where demonstrators are opposi…

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POLICING
State of Illinois v. Trump

1:25-cv-12174 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On October 6, 2025, the State of Illinois and City of Chicago filed suit against the Trump administration in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs allege that President Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have sent a surge of SWAT-tactic trained federal agents to Illinois to use unprecedented, brute force tactics for civil immigration enforcement; federal agents have repeatedly sho…

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EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00802 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

This is a case about the Trump Administration Department of Education’s decision to shut down access to all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, leaving millions of student loan borrowers without affordable repayment options. On March 18, 2025, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Education. Represented by private counsel and the non-profit "Student Borrower Protection Center", AFT sou…

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Rhode Island AFL-CIO v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00510 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On October 6, 2025, plaintiffs sued the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging their decision to terminate the Solar for All program, which Congress created and funded to provide low-income households and disadvantaged communities with savings on their electricity bills and affordable energy through rooftop and community solar programs. This case is ongoing.

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EDUCATION
United States investigation of Columbia University

NA (Out of court) | No Court

This matter involved United States investigations of Columbia University for alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 3, 2025, the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and US General Services Administration, as part of the Federal Government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, announced they would conduct a comprehensive review of Columbia University's federal contracts and grants in conjunction with the T…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Tucker v. King County

2:24-cv-00002 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 2024

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On January 2, 2024, this class action lawsuit was filed against King County, Washington for their systemic violations of the Fourth Amendment. The complaint alleges that people arrested without a warrant in King County and detained at the County Jail on Fridays and Saturdays are routinely jailed for more than 48 hours without a probable cause determination.   This case is ongoing.

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