Legal Actions Against Trump

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You may wish to look at the following items in concert:   July 1, 2025 Yale Daily News report by Isobel McClure & Henry Liu, entitled Yale pauses hiring, tightens budget in anticipation of endowment tax hike July 2, 2025 Yale Daily News report by Isobel McClure...

I will make an exception to refraining from commenting on Saturday because of the significant events that have occurred since our Let’s Do Something Meeting #10 this Thursday, June 26, 2025, and the emphasis on the disappointing ones.   Many of us were rightly...

The Second Circuit June 13 documents pertaining to the denial of a hearing en banc regarding the May 11, 2023 $5 million judgment against Mr. Trump for sexual assault and defamation. Order denying rehearing Opinion concurring in the denial Opinion dissenting from the...

You may be interested in the following items: The June 12, 2025 appellated documents from the Gavin Newsom versus Donald J. Trump litigation about the President’s authority to nationalize the California National Guardthe administration’s immediate appeal and request...

The June 12, 2025 documents from the Gavin Newsom versus Donald J. Trump litigation about the President’s authority to nationalize the California National Guard The Defendants’ Corrected Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order...

  the June 10, 2025 administration notice response and the June 11, 2025 administration’s opposition brief to the California Attorney’s complaint for a temporary restraining order against the nationalization of the California National Guard. The responses of...

You may find of interest the following items: the June 9, 2025 Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting Petition and Issuing Writ of Habeas Corpus from Judge David Briones of the Western District of Texas finding that granted permanent injunctive relief that prevents the...

You may be interested in the ethics complaint filed by the Lawyers Defending American Democracy and a broad coalition on Thursday, June 5, 2025, with the Florida Bar against Pam Bondi, the United States Attorney...

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On May 23, 2025, the District of Columbia District Court Judge John D. Bates issued a memorandum order that struck down all the penalties that an executive order sought to impose against Jenner & Block LLP. This reinforces the similar Perkins Coie LLP May 2, 2025...

  https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/05/Harvard-Visa-Complaint.pdf

You may wish to look at the following items later today and consider the court orders trying to reverse Trump actions,  while the administration continues to intimidate immigrants and the American people:   the May 23, 2025 Memorandum in Support Of Plaintiff’s...

A series of court orders from U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston beginning with an April 18, 2025 ordergranting a preliminary injunction compelling the government to give at least 15 days-notice before an alien may be removed to a third country, i.e., any...

You may wish to compare the following two rulings:   A May 19, 2025 memorandum opinion by DC Distict court judge Beryl Howell that President Donald Trump lacked the power to terminate without cause the board of the independent U.S. Institute of Peace   A  May 19, 2025...

D Court grants states’ motion for preliminary injunction against Trump’s cut off of public health funding. Read ruling here Note that the injunction preserving public health funding is limited to the states bringing the action.  PA is part of that only because...

  Here's the original opinion.

New York County Lawyers Association’s Albert Feuer and James Kobak warn Attorney General Pam Bondi is trying to turn DOJ into a law firm for the president. Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued a directive that seriously undermines the US Department of Justice’s...

Opinion and Order by SDNY Judge Alvin Hellerstein granting a preliminary injunction based on his finding the Alien Enemies Act "was not validly invoked" by the Trump administration when it opted to deport alleged Tren de Aragua members, marking the second time a judge...

The memorandum opinion is at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.185.0_1.pdf . The first paragraph gives you the tone of the opinion   No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at...