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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Humane Society of New York v. Mayorkas

1:21-cv-01349 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 17, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 14, 2022

This is a case about DHS’s final rule which sought to change H-1B visa selection criteria to prioritize factors such as the salary of the position. On May 17, 2021, the Humane Society of New York, Dentists for America, Physicians for American Healthcare Access, Hodges Bonded Warehouse, and Information Technology Industry Council filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs brought this suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Departme…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump

1:25-cv-01309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s effort to narrow birthright citizenship. You can see all of the cases here. President Trump was sworn in to his second term as President on January 20, 2025, and immediately issued a number of Executive Orders--including Executive Order 14160, which proclaimed that birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment does not apply to children born in the United States when: (1) their mother was unlawfully present in t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Colbert

1:23-cv-02315 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2023

Case Ongoing

On August 10, 2023, a Jewish individual in the custody of the DC Department of Corrections (DOC) filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the D.C. Department of Corrections’ supervisory chaplain, chaplin, and Deputy Director of Education, Reentry, and Case Management failed to provide kosher meals to Jewish people in their custody absent a letter from a rabbi. The plaintiff alleged Christian or Muslim individuals in DOC custody were not asked for external verification of their faith in order …
NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Hasbajrami

1:11-cr-00623 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2011

Case Ongoing

This case is the third time the government notified a criminal defendant that the evidence used against him was from a FISA warrantless wiretap. All the cases regarding criminal challenges to warrantless wiretapping are available in the criminal cases challenging FISA surveillance special collection. On September 6, 2011, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen and a lawful U.S. permanent resident, was arrested boarding a flight to Istanbul, Turkey, on a one-way ticket. He was indicted two days l…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
New Mexico v. Musk

1:25-cv-00429 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2025

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenged Elon Musk's role in the second Trump administration, given that Musk has performed significant governmental duties despite not being officially nominated by the President or confirmed by the Senate. On February 13, 2025, fourteen states--New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, California, Connecticut, Hawai'i, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington-- represented by their respective Attorneys General, filed this lawsuit in the U.S…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Brehm v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00660 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 6, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the attempted shuttering and DOGE access of the United States African Development Foundation. On March 6, 2025, the President of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He named President Donald Trump, DOGE and its Acting Administrator, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, and th…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Houston Justice v. Gregory Wayne Abbott

5:21-cv-00848 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 7, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2021

This case concerns a challenge to Senate Bill 1, which amended the Texas Election Code and introduced new voting policies, on the grounds that the amendments would disproportionately affect the right to vote for people of color and disabled citizens in the state. On September 7, 2021, three nonpartisan non-profit organizations and a Travis County election judge brought suit in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. The suit was brought against several indivi…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Page v. Trump

1:20-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 29, 2021

This case concerns the constitutionality of the District of Columbia’s lack of congressional representation. On January 15, 2020, a resident of the District of Columbia, filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Donald Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States. The plaintiff alleged that the District of Columbia should be given representation in Congress as it is actually a state. The plaintiff claimed violation of article I o…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Talbott v. Trump

1:25-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is one of several cases challenging President Donald J. Trump’s January 27, 2025 executive order banning openly transgender people from serving in the military, which reversed the U.S. Armed Forces’ policy of permitting transgender people who meet military standards to serve. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of trans-related legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.) On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secreta…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Reggio's Pizza, Inc.

1:24-cv-08910 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is one of several cases originally brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Biden Administration to enforce Title VII’s prohibition of sex-based workplace discrimination against transgender employees. In these cases, the EEOC’s position was that discrimination on account of gender identity and sexuality necessarily constituted sex-based discrimination in violation of Title VII. After Present Donald Trump was elected, the EEOC reversed its position and mo…