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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Wilcox v. Trump

1:25-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2025

This is a challenge to the second Trump administration's termination of Gwynne Wilcox, the Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to the second Trump administration, click here.) The plaintiff in this case was fired on January 27, 2025 by President Trump from her positions as Chair and member of the National Labor Relations Board, even though her term was not set to expire until 2028.  She filed this l…

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. Kennedy

1:25-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 5, 2025

This case challenged mass terminations and office shutdowns at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). On March 27, 2025, HHS announced it would send layoff notices to 10,000 full-time employees. This reduction in force was part of an ongoing effort to make HHS “more efficient and more effective.” (Tweet by Secretary Kennedy, March 27, 2025).  On May 5, 2025, nineteen states and the District of Columbia (Plaintiffs) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Distr…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00716 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 11, 2025

This case challenged President Trump's executive order targeting a powerhouse law firm for its historic association with progressive causes and clients. On March 11, 2025, Perkins Coie LLP, an international law firm based out of Seattle, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiff named the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunit…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

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

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 February 23, Elon Musk posted a message on X that said: "Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Fail…

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

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

Feb. 19, 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

First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Releif

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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Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. McMahon

1:25-cv-10601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 13, 2025

This case, brought by 21 states, challenged the Trump administration's directive to dismantle the Department of Education through a massive "reduction in force." The immediate catalyst for this lawsuit was the Department of Education’s announcement on March 11, 2025, of a near-50% workforce reduction, seen by the plaintiff states as an unlawful attempt to incapacitate the agency and its statutorily mandated functions. The Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, herself stated that these workforc…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Rural Development Innovations Limited v. Marocco

1:25-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's attempt to dismantle the United States African Development Foundation (USADF). On May 21, 2025, two former employees of the United States African Development Foundation and a consulting firm that frequently partnered with USADF filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the purported acting chair of USADF, several cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and President Donald Trump. They challenged the …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chasin v. District of Columbia

1:05-cv-01792 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2005

This case was one of two that challenged D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DC Fire) rules prohibiting beards and long hair under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).  The plaintiffs, a group of DC Fire employees with religious convictions prohibiting them from shaving their beards, brought this lawsuit against the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 9, 2005. The plaintiffs challenged a DC Fire rule which required …

Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Dellinger v. Bessent

1:25-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

Closed Date: March 27, 2025

This case challenged the second Trump administration's firing of Hampton Dellinger, the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which was communicated through a one-sentence email that made no attempt to comply with the for-cause removal requirement. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of civil-service-related legal challenges to actions by the second Trump administration, click here.) On February 10, 2025, Dellinger filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Appeal Dismissed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Potter v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-01189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2001

This case challenged the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department’s (D.C. Fire’s) grooming policy. The policy sets restrictions on the hair and facial hair of employees. Specifically, it sets restrictions on hair and facial hair length and requires that hair and facial hair be groomed in accordance with the policy.  On May 30, 2001, a group of firefighters in D.C. Fire brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Seeking declaratory an…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Poindexter v. Strach

5:18-cv-00366 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 20, 2018

Closed Date: June 14, 2019

This case is about the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Session Law 2018-13, which prohibits an individual who already appeared on the ballot in a primary election to be included on the ballot as a candidate for a new political party for the same office during the same year. In May 2018, the three North Carolina residents unsuccessfully ran for office during the Republican and Democratic Party primary elections. On June 6, 2018, the Constitution Party of North Carolina was recognized as a …