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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

This case challenged the U.S. DOGE Service’s access to sensitive federal information systems. Since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, the U.S. DOGE Service and Elon Musk allegedly initiated a broad and unlawful campaign to access highly sensitive information systems across multiple federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration. This occurred in the broader context of the Trump Administration’s unprecedented reliance on DOGE, a temporary organization created wi…

Plaintiffs’ Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

Feb. 21, 2025

Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 7, 2025

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and/or 5 U.S.C. 705 Stay

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 7, 2025

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and/or 5 U.S.C. 705 Stay

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 7, 2025

Order

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 10, 2025

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Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

EDUCATION
National Academy of Education v. Department of Education

1:25-cv-01266 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Several lawsuits have been brought challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. This case is one; the others can be found here. In this case, two organizations involved in research about education policies, practices, and methods sued the Department of Education and its Secretary. The plaintiffs challenged actions taken by the Department regarding the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) and its centers. Under the Education Sciences Reform Act …

Preliminary Injunction Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Doctors for America v. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-00322 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2025

This lawsuit challenged an order from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directing agencies to remove or modify webpages and datasets.  On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14168, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” directing federal agencies to combat "gender ideology” (EO 14168). In response, on January 29, the Acting Director of OPM issued a memorandum titled “Initial Guidance Regarding Presid…

Administrative Matter Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Schiff v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1:25-cv-10595 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 12, 2025

This case challenges the removal of medical articles from federal government websites. On March 12, 2025, two doctors filed this lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. They named the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and their corresponding agency heads as Defendants. Both plaintiffs published peer-reviewed articles on a government-run patient safety website (PSNet)…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:25-cv-01020 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

In this case, non-profit organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) challenged the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) April 1, 2025, closure of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office and the CDC’s non-compliance with CREW’s subsequent FOIA requests for expedited processing. The FOIA requests sought, per CREW’s complaint, “records regarding the agency’s staff reductions and other matters of significant public interest”—including an ongoing…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

EDUCATION
Association for Education Finance and Policy v. McMahon

1:25-cv-00999 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 4, 2025

Several lawsuits have been brought challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. This case is one; the others can be found here. This case challenged the abrupt dismantling of the federal government's primary education research agency. On April 4, 2025, the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Inc. and the Institute for Higher Education Policy filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by the Publ…

Preliminary Injunction Denied

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of California v. United States Department of Agriculture

3:25-cv-06310 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 28, 2025

This case challenges the federal government's demand for sensitive personal information on millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants and recipients. The federal government claims the data is necessary for program integrity, specifically to detect "overpayments and fraud". On July 28, 2025, a coalition of states and the District of Columbia filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), its Secretary, and…

Temporary Restraining Order Granted

NATIONAL SECURITY
American Oversight v. Hegseth

1:25-cv-00883 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 25, 2025

This case challenges high-level federal officials' use of encrypted, auto-deleting messaging apps to conduct national security business, raising serious record-keeping and transparency concerns.  On March 25, 2025, American Oversight filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the CIA, and several other senior federal figures. The plaintiffs challenged the defendants’ use of t…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-01112 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to remove information about climate change and environmental justice from government websites without notice. On April 14, 2025, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Environmental Integrity Project, and California Communities Against Toxics, four environmental and science research nonprofits, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs sued the Environmental Protection Agency …

Preliminary Injunction Denied

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Digital Inclusion Alliance v. Trump

1:25-cv-03606 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On October 7, 2025, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) sued the Trump administration in U.S. District Court in the District of District of Columbia. NDIA brought this lawsuit to challenge the unilateral repeal by the Executive Branch of the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program, which Congress required under the Digital Equity Act of 2021. NDIA alleges that Defendants’ defiance of Congress’s clear will by eliminating an entire s…

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