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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Cook v. Trump

1:25-cv-02903 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2025

This case challenges President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook. On August 15, 2025, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte sent a referral letter to the Department of Justice accusing Cook of mortgage fraud related to her 2021 loan applications (prior to her Senate confirmation). On August 20, 2025, Director Pulte publicly released the referral letter, and within 30 minutes, President Trump demanded Cook’s resignation on social media. Two…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Primus v. Trump

1:25-cv-03521 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2025

This case challenged President Trump’s removal of a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB). On August 27, 2025, President Trump removed plaintiff, Robert E. Primus, from his position as a member of the STB. Plaintiff had served on the Board since being appointed during President Trump’s first term in January 2021. His current five-year term was not set to expire until December 31, 2027. Under the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015, STB is a “multimember, bipartis…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Axalta Coating Systems LLC v. FAA

23-02376 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2023

Closed Date: July 15, 2025

This case challenges the constitutionality of job protections for administrative law judges. This case stems from the judgment of the administrative ruling in In the matter of Axalta Coating Systems, LLC, FAA-2020-0958. The Department of Transportation Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the case, ALJ Rawald, found that Axalta Systems violated 49 CFR 171.2(e) and 173.24(b)(1) when it shipped an improperly packaged can of paint on board an aircraft. ALJ Rawald ordered Axalta to pay a $1900 civil …

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Boyle v. Trump

8:25-cv-01628 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This case challenged the removal of three former Commissioners of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). On May 21, 2025, the commissioners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against President Donald Trump, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Acting Chairman of CPSC. All three Plaintiffs had been nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate and were only removabl…

Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Pina

2:25-cr-00436 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2023

The events leading up to this case are thoroughly summarized in United States v. Giuard III, one of the two criminal cases in which a defendant moved to disqualify Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba. Cesar Humberto Pina, the defendant in this case, filed a motion to dismiss that raised arguments that substantially overlapped with the motion in Giuard.  Ultimately, the court concluded that Ms. Habba was not statutorily eligible to perform the duties of the …

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Gonzalez v. Gor

3:25-cv-01508 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2025

In 2016, Congress passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.  48 U.S.C. §§ 2101–2241. The Act established the Financial Oversight and Management Board to “make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.” 48 U.S.C. § 2121(b)(2) (citing U.S. CONST. art. IV, § 3). The Oversight Board manages the restructuring of the public debt of Puerto Rico. The Board consists of seven members appointed by the Presid…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Ross

1:25-cv-02261 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 15, 2025

This case challenged the continued service of three members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board of Directors, despite President Trump's purported firing of each. CPB's board members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Statute sets the term of each board member at 6 years, but does not contain an explicit provision requiring removals to be for good cause only. No more than 5 members of the Board may belong to the same party; Congress also required membe…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Perlmutter v. Blanche

1:25-cv-01659 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

This lawsuit challenged President Trump’s removal of Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office and the installation of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting Librarian of Congress. On May 22, 2025, Shira Perlmutter filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Todd Blanche, Paul Perkins (purported acting Register), Sergio Gor (Director, White House Presidential Personnel Office), Trent Morse (Deputy Director, White …

Preliminary Injunction Denied

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Donald J. Trump

1:25-cv-00587 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

Closed Date: June 3, 2025

This case concerned the balance of power in federal election law enforcement and the independence of the Federal Election Commission ("FEC"). Filed on February 28, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the lawsuit challenged the Trump Administration's Executive Order 14215, which purported to preclude the Commissioners and other FEC employees from advancing any legal positions other than those of the President and Attorney General in the course of their enforcement of th…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Widakuswara v. Lake

1:25-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 21, 2025

This case challenges the grant terminations and the placing of journalists on administrative leave from the United States Agency for Global Media. On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14238 entitled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” 90 Fed. Reg. 13043, which directed that the "non-statutory components and functions" of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) "shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”  USAGM is an indepe…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending