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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Global Health Council v. Trump

1:25-cv-00402 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend nearly all congressionally-appropriated foreign assistance funding and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Case Initiation and Claims (February 11, 2025) On February 11, 2025, the Global Health Council and several non-profit organizations filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. State Department of State, the Office of Ma…

Preliminary Injunction Granted, but Stayed

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-10495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

This putative class action lawsuit, filed on February 28, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenges the steps the Trump administration has taken to close off various paths into the United States for immigrants. Those paths included "Uniting for Ukraine" (U4U) for Ukrainians displaced by the war with Russia; special processes for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) responding to the natural disasters and/or political strife in those coun…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

1:25-cv-10685 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration's alleged policy of “ideological deportation,” comprised of large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty who participated in pro-Palestinian protests and other related expression and association. On March 25, 2025, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), three AAUP campus chapters, and the Middle East Studies Association filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massac…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

March 25, 2025

Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and for an Expedited Briefing Schedule

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

April 1, 2025

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

April 1, 2025

Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

April 9, 2025

Brief of Amicus Curiae the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Imigration in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

April 10, 2025

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Judgment for Plaintiff

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ethical Society of Police v. Pamela J. Bondi

1:25-cv-13115 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2025

This case challenges the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) unilateral and allegedly unlawful decision to abolish the Community Relations Service (CRS), a DOJ agency created by Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that provides free consultations, mediation, and trainings to resolve disputes, including civil rights conflicts. On June 13, 2025, following a memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and the President’s FY 2026 budget, the DOJ announced in its budget summary that it would…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mahmoud Khalil v. Joyce

2:25-cv-01963 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 9, 2025

This case is one of numerous lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of immigration visas—mostly student or work visas—with no notice to the visa-holders and with dubious or no legal basis. You can see all of the cases here. This case challenges the detention and attempted deportation of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the campus protests against the war in Gaza at Columbia University throughout the spring of 2024. Khalil was a lawful permanent resident o…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. California Air Resources Board

2:24-cv-00801 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2024

This lawsuit challenges Senate Bills 253 and 261, California state laws that require large corporations doing business in the state to publish estimated greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks. On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups (Plaintiffs) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the California Air Resources Board and related officials (Defendants). Plaintiffs allege that…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. California Air Resources Board

Jan. 30, 2024

Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Randolph

Feb. 22, 2024

Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Deny of Defer Plaintiffs' Motion to Deny or Defer Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment [48] [57]

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. California Air Resources Board

Nov. 5, 2024

Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second and Third Causes of Action [38]

Feb. 3, 2025

Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction [78]

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. California Air Resources Board

Aug. 13, 2025

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Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appeal Pending

NATIONAL SECURITY
Page v. Comey

1:20-cv-03460 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2020

Closed Date: July 22, 2025

This case is related to the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse's coverage of the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants. For more information on litigation to disclose the warrants that inspired this case, please see this link. For a summary of the warrants and information on ongoing efforts by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to protect the confidential information in them, see this link. The FISA requires the government to obtain a warrant from…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc. v. Corporation for National and Community Service

1:25-cv-01458 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

This case challenged the alleged dismantling of AmeriCorps by the defendants through program closures, funding withdrawals, and staff layoffs. AmeriCorps is the federal agency administering national service and volunteer programs. AmeriCorps is run by a Board of Directors and a Chief Executive Officer. AmeriCorps’ Board members and its CEO are all appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. AmeriCorps comprises multiple statutorily required programs, five of which are …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
VoteAmerica v. Schwab

2:21-cv-02253 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: June 2, 2021

This case concerns the constitutionality of provisions of Kansas’s HB 2332 restricting third-party distribution of advance mail voting applications. On June 2, 2021, VoteAmerica, a California nonprofit, and Voter Participation Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit (together, “Plaintiffs”), filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas against Scott Schwab, Kansas Secretary of State, in his official capacity, and Stephen Howe, District Attorney of Johnson County,…

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
De Jean v. Nago

1:20-cv-00280 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: June 19, 2020

Closed Date: June 4, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. The plaintiff, appearing pro se, filed this lawsuit on June 19, 2020 in District of Hawaii, after failing to collect the number of signatures to appear on the ballot as a candidate for President. She argued that this failure to collect signatures was caused by COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state. Plaintiff cited no laws in her complaint. She reques…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Dismissed