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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. United States of America

8:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research this case.) On March 24, 2025, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), several education organizations, and several parents of minor students with specialized educational needs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. They named the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Secretary of Education as Defendants. They challenged the Trump administrati…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Somerville Public Schools v. Trump

1:25-cv-10677 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 24, 2025, several school districts and labor organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. They named President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Secretary of Education as Defendants. They challenged the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle and eliminate the Department of Education, including a reduction of force and Trump's March 20, 2025 Exec…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Democracy Forward Foundation v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00858 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 23, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 23, 2025, the Democracy Forward Foundation filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Plaintiff brought this case under the Freedom of Information Act, challenging Defendants' failure to timely provide requested information and documentation of all Agency reduction in force and reorganization plan…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CODING IN PROCESS
Widakuswara v. Lake

1:25-cv-02390 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 21, 2025, several journalists at the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), labor organizations, and journalist organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. They named USAGM and its acting heads as Defendants. The Plaintiffs challenged Defendant's termination of grant agreements and the placement of over 1,300 journalists on administrative leave, all to effect…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Cristobol Human Rights v. Marocco

1:25-cv-00857 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 21, 2025, several organizations with various humanitarian aims in Latin American countries filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. They named President Donald Trump, DOGE and its director, the U.S. Department of Treasury and its director, and the agency heads of USAID, the Inter-American Foundation, and the White House Presidential Office. The Plaintiffs challenged Defendants' attempts…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management

3:25-cv-01780 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is one of several cases challenging President Donald J. Trump’s firing of "probationary" employees for pretextual reasons. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.) On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, four labor organizations--who represent hundreds of thousands of employees within dozens of federal agencies and departments--filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 19, 2025

First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Releif

American Federation of Government Employees v. United States office of Personnel Management

Feb. 23, 2025

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause

American Federation of Government Employees v. United States office of Personnel Management

Feb. 23, 2025

Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and to Show Cause; Memorandum of Points and Authorities

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 26, 2025

Reply in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management

Feb. 26, 2025

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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
Comans v. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00624 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 4, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the legality of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) February 11, 2025 firing of FEMA's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to actions by the second Trump administration, click here.) On March 4, 2025, the plaintiff sued FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after FEMA fired her—without notice—from her position as CFO, despite the plaintiff having no disciplinary histor…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States Institute of Peace v. Jackson

1:25-cv-00804 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 18, 2025, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Chair of its Board of Directors, and four other members of the Board filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. USIP was an independent nonprofit corporation established by Congress in 1984 to work with the United States government and other partners around the world to help resolve and prevent violent conflicts. The Plaintiffs na…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Trump

8:25-cv-00260 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration's policy of politically motivated hiring and firing of career civil servants. On January 28, 2025, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. PEER sued President Donald J. Trump and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) under the Civil Service Reform Act, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. PEER …