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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Shilling v. Trump

2:25-cv-00241 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2025

This case is one of several challenging President Donald J. Trump’s January 27, 2025 executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, which reverses the U.S. Armed Forces’ policy of permitting transgender people who meet military standards to serve. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to trans-related actions by the second Trump Administration, click here.) On January 27, 2025, a week after his inauguration, President Trump signed Executive Order 1…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Chen v. Noem

4:25-cv-03292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 11, 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. On April 11, 2025, four international students holding F-1 visas filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Acting Director …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United Farm Workers v. Noem

1:25-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2025

This class action lawsuit stems from "Operation Return to Sender," conducted by Border Patrol agents over 300 miles from the border in Kern County, California in January 2025. The plaintiffs allege that agents detained and arrested people of color who appeared to be farm workers or day laborers regardless of their actual immigration status, with no explanation or notice to family members, and coerced them into accepting "voluntary departure" without being able to consult with an immigration att…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of Washington v. Trump

2:25-cv-00602 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

This case challenged the President's authority to dictate how states conduct their elections. On April 4, 2025, the State of Washington and the State of Oregon filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against President Donald Trump, along with numerous other federal entities and officials, including the Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Departme…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

This case challenged an interim final rule (IFR) issued by the Department of Homeland Security on March 12, 2025, that purported to establish a new, nationwide immigration registration system. The IFR created new requirements for noncitizens aged 14 and older who had been in the U.S. for at least 30 days but were not yet registered under the current system. The rule required them to submit personal information, fingerprints, and biometric data through a new online system. The rule also mandated…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend congressionally-appropriated federal financial assistance during a review to ensure that the spending accords with Administration priorities. On January 28, 2025, the National Council of Nonprofits and several other private entities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"). Represent…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and hormones, to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insur…

Injunction Granted

Reversed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New Jersey v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-11816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 24, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration's cancellation of numerous previously awarded federal grants to the plaintiffs under a rule promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2024 that allows the termination of grants "if an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.” In February 2025, President Trump ordered agencies "to review all existing covered contracts and grants and, where appropriate and consistent with applicable law, terminate or modify…

Case Is Ongoing

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

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 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…

Judgment for Plaintiff

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:25-cv-00345 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

This case challenged the revocation of various exemptions under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The PRWORA is part of the federal welfare system and governs the eligibility of noncitizens for Federal, State, and local public benefits. The statute provides definitions of "alien," "qualified alien," and "federal public benefit," and also provides exemptions for certain public benefits such as emergency medical care and short-term, in-kind emer…

Preliminary Injunction Granted