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EDUCATION
United States v. California Interscholastic Federation

8:25-cv-01485 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 9, 2025

This case is about California policies allowing transgender girls to compete in girls' sports and access female locker rooms. On July 9, 2025, the United States filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and the California Department of Education (CDE). The United States brought claims under Title IX and its implementing regulations. Judge Fred W. Slaughter was initially assigned to the case but re…

Case Is Ongoing

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

3:25-cv-04863 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2025

This case involved the Trump Administration's attempt to invalidate California laws which mandated that every student be allowed "to participate in activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity." California alleged that on June 2, 2025, the Administration sent letters to all California local education agencies requiring them to certify that they would not implement Bylaw 300.D, which the Administration claimed would violate the Equal Protection Clause. In asserting a pote…

Case Is Ongoing

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

6:25-cv-01748 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) threat to revoke funding for sex education programs that include gender ideology.   On September 26, 2025, a group of 16 states and Washington DC sued HHS for revoking or threatening to revoke funds provided under two programs for adolescent sex education. The two programs, the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) and Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (SRAE), provide funding to…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
Y.H. v. Aviles-Ramos

1:25-cv-04217 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

This is a case challenging the constitutionality of the burden of proof applied in school disciplinary hearings for long-term suspensions. On May 21, 2025, the Plaintiffs, three minor students in New York City Public Schools, filed this lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. The Plaintiffs brought this action against Melissa Aviles-Ramos in her official capacity as Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the New York City Department of Education, and the City of New York…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This case challenges two actions by the Trump Administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) that sixteen states argue will severely undermine the United States’ leadership in STEM. First, in a policy issued on April 18, 2025, the NSF “announced that it would no longer abide by Congress’s longstanding policy to promote a robust STEM workforce that draws in underrepresented populations.” The Priority Directive stated that the NSF's efforts would not give preference to certain groups over oth…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

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
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
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…

Administrative Matter 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

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mirabelli v. Olson

3:23-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 27, 2023

This is a case about parental notification rules related to transgender and gender non-conforming students in schools. On April 27, 2023, two middle school teachers sued the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), the California State Board of Education, and various associated officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before Judge Roger T. Benitez, challenging the school district policy AR 5145.3. The challenged policy requires teachers and staff to r…

Preliminary Injunction Granted