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Anchorage School District v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 21, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2025

This case challenged the decision of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withhold nearly $7 billion in funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This funding was required by statute to be disbursed to states on July 1, 2025. Statute provides formulas for OMB to use in calculating the exact amount the U.S. Department of Education (ED) must give to each state, provided that state has plans to run ESEA programs previously approved by ED. All 50 states had such plans…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

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

3:25-cv-07864 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2025

This case is about the Trump administration’s termination of federal grants to the University of California system and the administration’s withholding of federal funding and grants to incentivize universities to eradicate “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from their campuses. This case is substantially related to Thakur et al v. Trump et al.  On September 16, 2025, labor unions and associations that represent faculty, students, and academic employees throughout the University of California Sy…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District

5:25-cv-00756 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 2, 2025

This a case challenging Texas Senate Bill 10 (S.B. 10), which required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.   On July 2, 2025, the plaintiffs, a group of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Unitarian Universalist, and nonreligious families with children enrolled in Texas public school districts (collectively, “the families”), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court of the Western District of Texas.  Represented by private counsel as well as the ACLU of Texas, the n…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EDUCATION
Council for Opportunity in Education v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-03514 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration Department of Education's decision to discontinue grants provided under the Higher Education Act of 1965.  On September 30, 2025, Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) filed suit against U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COE is a membership organization consisting of colleges and non-profits that participate in the federal TRIO program. The TRIO programs were established in the 1960s to help…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
San Francisco Unified School District v. AmeriCorps

3:25-cv-02425 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 10, 2025

In early 2025, the Trump Administration published a series of Executive Orders aimed at reshaping federal policy, particularly concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These included Executive Order 14151, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing," Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government," Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring M…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EDUCATION
NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 15, 2025

This case challenges U.S. Department of Education (DOE) efforts to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in federally funded educational institutions. In early 2025, the DOE issued a series of directives (the “Title VI Documents") addressing DEI practices in federally funded schools. On February 14, a “Dear Colleague” letter warned that racially discriminatory practices in DEI programs, including in admissions, hiring, training, or instruction, could violate federal law an…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00802 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

This is a case about the Trump Administration Department of Education’s decision to shut down access to all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, leaving millions of student loan borrowers without affordable repayment options. On March 18, 2025, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Education. Represented by private counsel and the non-profit "Student Borrower Protection Center", AFT sou…

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

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

EDUCATION
United States investigation of Columbia University

NA (Out of court) | No Court

This matter involved United States investigations of Columbia University for alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 3, 2025, the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and US General Services Administration, as part of the Federal Government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, announced they would conduct a comprehensive review of Columbia University's federal contracts and grants in conjunction with the T…

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