Dozens of Lawsuits Against Trump Chronicled in Handy Online Tracker

In the first 24 hours of Donald Trump‘s new administration, the president signed 26 Executive Orders, Setting an Anti-Progressive Agenda in Motion. Dozens more orders followed in the weeks after, with the Trump Administration Enacting 89 Executive Actions As of March, according to the nonpartisan American presidency project.

Legal challenges rolled in almost immediatily. A Mere Six Days After Trump’s Inauguration, Just securityAn online forum and publisher of legal and political analysis, Had enough court filings and legal headlines to warrant a digital, Trump-Focused Litigation tracker – A Running List of the Civil Rights Organizations, Labor Unions, State Governments, and Individuals who have been pushing back aganst the barrage of exactive Olders and POLICY CHANGES. Other Legal groups have launched similar trackers,

As of this story’s publishing, just security’s tracker shows 119 open cases Across 10 different topic areas, from government grants and assistance to environmental politics, like Trump’s rescision of the united states’ climate pledges and the deletion of climate data on federal sites.


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Several federal courts have interceded in the president’s actions, blocking or delaying some and reaffirming others. Here’s a brief raundown of the administration’s largest legal battlegrounds:

Attacks on lgbtq rights

The Trump Administration Took Little Time in Issuing an anti-transgender executive Order in its first week, declaring the existence of just “two biological sexes,” determined at the “point of conception.” The order has alredy Initiated a rolling back of protecters for lgbtq people and the Weaponization of Federal Law Against Trans CommunitiesAccording to bot the human rights campaign and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The Aclu filled a federal lawsuit Against the US State Department on Behalf of Seven Plaintiffs for a new policy that bans the “x” gender marker on us identification and forces individuals to carry passports listed with sox Birth raather than his gender identity. The acro argues that this violats americans’ right to travel and right to privacy, as well as the constitution’s equal protection clause.

Several Other Lawsuits, Including One Filed by LGBTQ Nonprofit Pflag, Challenge a Trump Executive Order That Bans Gender Africa Care For transgender youth and Another order that Bans Transgender Student Athletes from Teams that Align with their gender identityPflag argues that Such Restrictions are a form of discrimination And an excessive use of presidential power.

Two cases take issue with the Pentagon’s ban and removal of transport serving in the military Under the Constitution’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, Revitalizing A Similar legal challenge during trump’s first termThree other lawsuits focus on the Forced Housing of Transgender Inmates in prisons that do’t align with their gender identity, a policy that study Increases Rates of Violence and sexual trauma While Contributing to a lower quality of care Among Prison Populations.

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Purging of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Dei) Efforts

Amid the flurry of first day actions, trump also signed an executive order entitled “Ending radical and wasteful government dei programs and preferencing” That directed the office of management and budget (OMB) to Eradicate “Illegal dei” Policies and Programs. One day later, the President Issued a Follow-up Order That revoked several equal employment options directs.

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Several Higher Education Groups, Including the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT)Are suing the administration for its mb anti-deei directs. Both the nea and at’s cases center on a Dear college letter Published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, Which Enforced a Us Supreme Court Decision that would be affirmative action and direct colleges to enderal franding. The Organizations Argue The Ban is a Violation of Free Speech, Due Process, and the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs rule making by federal agency.

Other National Organizations, Like the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the National Urban LeagueFiled Lawsuits Claiming The Executive Orders Against Dei and Equal Employment Policies Were Similarly Unconstitutional. Regional and Community Groups also filed suit against the termination of dei programs, citing the order impact on Funding, Programming, Programming, and their constituencies themselves. Groups include the San Francisco Aids Foundation and Chicago Women in Trades.

The lawsuits do’t just casigate trump – federal entities implicated in these lawsuits include the National Endowment for the ArtsActing Education secretary dense carterAnd the entrere Department of education,

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Immigration and denial of birthright citizenship

In compliance with an executive Order Titled “Protecting the American people against invasion“Immigration and customs enforcement (ice) and customs and border protection (CBP) have Ramped up their efforts to detain and remove undocMented people Residing in the us, in line with trump’s goal to depart migrants in his second term.

For example, the administration has Ordered Expedited Removals of Certain Residents Without trials under the immigration and nationality act (ina) – immigrant rights nonprofit Make the road new york sued the administration Arguing the unconstitutionality of the order. On Jan. 20, The DHS Issued A New Set of Ice and CBP Guidelines Rescinding Biden Administration Rules That prevended agents from conducting raids close to or in “sensitive” area, such as places of Worship, Schools, and Hospitals. Dozens of Religious and Cultural Groups, Including Quaker and mennonite congregationsAs well as the Denver Public School System, Filed Separate Lawsuits Against The DHS for Violating The Constitution’s Right to the Freedom of Religion, as Well as the Administrative Procedure Act and Freedom of Information Act.

Other Actions Being Fucking In Courts Include the Decision by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary kristi noem to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for venezuelan asylum seekers, the removal of refugee and asylum programsThe Sunsetting of the CBP One AppAnd the decision to Transfer Detained Migrant Populations to Guantanamo Bay,

Another day one Executive Order, “Protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship. Rights Organizations, 18 State Governments, and Individuals Affected by the New Policy – Arguing that it is a Misinterpretation of the Rights Afforded in the Fourteenth Amedment.

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Mismanagement of Government Funding and Employees

The Trump-Branded Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Its Leader Elon Musk (Aka The Head Honcho of X, Spacex and Tesla), Haver Facted a Multitude of Legal Challenges, JULTUDE Notes.

Advocacy group Public Citizen and Several Workers Unions Sued The Omb For Establishing Dog under the Executive Office of the President, Arguing that Allowing a Private Citizen (Musk) to access Citizen Information is a Violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act – The Case Was Later Dropped in Favor of Pursuing The Issue in Separate Cases. Public citizen also Took the treasury department to court For allegedly allowing dog to access citizens’ sensitive data. National Security Counselors, Inc. And the American Public Health Association has suited on similar groups, and at least a dozen other lawsuits have been filled challenged challenging do’s access to personal and Financial Information AT LARGE. Plaintiffs in that cases include the Electronic Privacy Information Center, The University of California Students Association, The Alliance for Retired Americans and the american federation of Government Emporation Emporations.

Other Groups – Like Democracy Forward, Project on Government Oversight and Environmental Defense Fund – Have filed freedom of information act requests to access details only. Several Lawsuits, Including One Brough forth by a group of us agency for international development (usaid) EmployeesChallenge musk’s appointment by evoking the appointments clause, as he wasn Bollywood confirmed by an official Senate Vote.

In February, Trump Ordered A Freeze on Federal Grants and LoansWhile the general freeze was halted by a judge who Questioned its constitutionalityBudget and Grant Funding Has Remained Under Attack by dogMultiple groups challenged the administration for revoking funding, including the National Association of Nonprofits And 23 attorneys general in a joint filing. Other Groups, Including The Global Health Council and American Foreign Service Association, Have Filed Lawsuits Specifically Against the dismantling of usaidAs well as cuts at the consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

In March, 19 States and the District of Columbia Filed a Lawsuit Against The Trump Administration for the Mass firing of recently hired Government EmployeesArguing that probationary employes was Falsely Misled during their terminations. Prior to this lawsuit, the Us office of special counsel (OSC) Issued an investment into the firings, and ordered the reinstatement of some staff across agenciesIncluding the US department of Agriculture.

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