The administration in court

Judicial decisions in which the administration was a party, drawn from the 47watch ledger. Every row links to the full record, so nothing here is asserted without the underlying entry behind it.

Read the posture column before the outcome column. Roughly half of these are interim - a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or a stay pending appeal - and interim relief is regularly reversed later by a higher court. A row marked interim says who prevailed at that moment, not how the case ended. The merits rows are the decided ones.

Four rows are marked Trump personally in the capacity column. In those the government was not a party at all - they are defamation and tax matters brought by or against him as a private litigant - and they are labelled so they are not read as part of the government's record.

101
Rulings listed
73
Administration lost
21
Administration won
54
Decided on the merits
Outcome
Posture
Ruling Date Outcome Posture Party Source
Appeals Court Bars the EPA From Clawing Back $20 Billion in Climate Grants — Recipients Could Start Drawing Funds Within a Week record Administration lost Interim United States eenews.net
Judge Dismisses the Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy Case Against Stewart Rhodes and Seven Oath Keepers at the Justice Department’s Request record Administration won Merits United States npr.org
Judge Holds Homeland Security in Contempt and Fines It $500 a Day Over Withheld Records From the L.A. Immigration Sweeps record Administration lost Merits United States calmatters.org
Judge Blocks the Citizenship Agency’s Ban on Voter Registration Drives at Naturalization Ceremonies, Finding Discriminatory Intent Was Likely record Administration lost Interim United States votebeat.org
Judge Blocks the Somalia Protected-Status Termination Again, Voiding It While She Weighs Discrimination Claims record Administration lost Interim United States foxnews.com
Judge Tosses the Justice Department’s Demand for Illinois’ Full Voter Rolls — the 19th Such Loss record Administration lost Merits United States chicago.suntimes.com
Appeals Court Rejects ICE's No-Bond Detention Policy, Saying the Power the Administration Claims 'Does Not Exist' record Administration lost Merits United States lawandcrime.com
Federal Judge Lets Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements Proceed as 26 States Say They Cannot Meet the Deadline record Administration won Interim United States statnews.com
Judge Presses Trump's Lawyers on Whether Canceling Contracts Over Criticism of the President Would Violate the First Amendment record Pending Interim United States lawandcrime.com
Judge Dismisses the Justice Department's Suit for New Jersey's Unredacted Voter Files — the 18th Such Ruling Against the Administration record Administration lost Merits United States inquirer.com
Appeals Court Refuses to Revive Trump's Mail-Voting Order in 23 States Before the Midterms record Administration lost Interim United States upi.com
Appeals Court Keeps Haitian TPS in Place Through July 27, Denying Trump Bid to End It record Administration lost Interim United States thehill.com
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Revoking TPS Work Permits record Administration lost Interim United States democracynow.org
Fifth Circuit Stays Rulings That Freed Texas Immigrants, Handing Trump a Win on Mandatory Detention record Administration won Interim United States stateline.org
Appeals Court Lets USPS Enforce Trump's Mail-Ballot Voter-List Rule While Case Proceeds record Administration won Interim United States thehill.com
Federal Judge Bars Trump Administration From Using 'Termination Clause' to Cut Federal Grants record Administration lost Merits United States boston.com
Judge Rules FEMA Chief Financial Officer's Firing Violated Civil-Service Protections record Mixed Merits United States newsweek.com
Federal Judge Blocks Eight Provisions of Trump's ACA Marketplace Rule record Administration lost Interim United States healthcaredive.com
Judge Voids Trump's IRS Settlement, Orders Sanctions and Refers Lawyers for Discipline record Administration lost Merits United States aljazeera.com
Judge Dismisses the Remaining Proud Boys January 6 Convictions With Prejudice record Administration won Merits United States newsweek.com
Judge Blocks Anti-DEI and Immigration Conditions on Federal Grants to California and Oregon Cities record Administration lost Interim United States courthousenews.com
Judge Orders Release of the $5.8 Million Trump Owes E. Jean Carroll record Administration lost Merits Trump personally nbcnews.com
Conflicting Court Orders Leave DHS Caught Between Two Judges on the SAVE Database record Mixed Interim United States washingtonexaminer.com
Judge Dismisses Trump Media's $3.8 Billion Defamation Suit Against The Washington Post record Administration lost Merits Trump personally cnn.com
Judge Quashes DOJ Subpoena Seeking Personal Data on Every 2020 Fulton County Election Worker record Administration lost Merits United States courthousenews.com
Judge Enjoins USCIS Policy Indefinitely Pausing Immigration Benefit Applications record Administration lost Interim United States newsweek.com
Appeals Court Lets Trump Administration Keep Removed National Park Exhibits Down record Administration won Interim United States investing.com
Appeals Court Orders CIA and ODNI to Rehire 19 Fired Intelligence Officers record Administration lost Merits United States nbcnews.com
Court Orders DOJ to Unredact Epstein Files as Department Resists Release record Administration lost Merits United States forbes.com
Fifth Circuit Bars Prolonged Immigration Detention Without a Bond Hearing record Administration lost Merits United States texastribune.org
Judge Bars Postal Service Nationwide From Carrying Out Mail-Ballot Order record Administration lost Merits United States cnn.com
Supreme Court Strikes Down the Birthright Citizenship Order record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Supreme Court Blocks the Removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook record Administration lost Interim United States cnbc.com
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Trump's Appeal in E. Jean Carroll Case record Administration lost Merits Trump personally forbes.com
Supreme Court Overturns Humphrey's Executor, Expanding Presidential Removal Power record Administration won Merits United States npr.org
Court Blocks Mail-Ballot Restrictions and Federal Voter List record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Supreme Court Clears TPS Termination for Haiti and Syria and Border Asylum Turnbacks record Administration won Merits United States aljazeera.com
Court Blocks Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Registration Mandate record Administration lost Merits United States theguardian.com
Appeals Court Allows Nationwide Expansion of Expedited Removal record Administration won Merits United States npr.org
Appeals Court Keeps Blocking the Firing of About 1,400 CFPB Employees record Administration lost Interim United States americanbanker.com
Justice Department Refuses a Judge's Order to Swear the 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund Is Dead, and Discovery Is Ordered record Administration lost Interim United States democracydefendersfund.org
Workers Strip Trump's Name From the Kennedy Center Hours After a Court-Ordered Deadline record Administration lost Interim United States pbs.org
Judge Blocks the $1.8 Billion 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund and Orders Blanche and Bessent to Swear It Is Dead record Administration lost Interim United States nbcnews.com
Abrego Garcia Criminal Case Is Dismissed record Administration lost Merits United States en.wikipedia.org
Judge Orders White House Staff to Preserve Records After DOJ Argued the Records Act Is Unconstitutional record Administration lost Interim United States cbsnews.com
Two Officers Who Defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 Sue to Block Trump's $1.8 Billion 'Slush Fund' record Administration lost Interim United States nbcnews.com
Supreme Court Keeps Mifepristone Available by Mail as the FDA Declines to Defend Its Own Rule record Pending Interim United States scotusblog.com
Trade Court Invalidates the Replacement 10 Percent Global Tariff record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Stripping Protected Status From About 3,000 Yemenis record Administration lost Interim United States jurist.org
Supreme Court Rewrites the Voting Rights Act Test in a 6-3 Ruling Striking Down Louisiana's Map record Administration won Merits United States scotusblog.com
Judge Tosses the Justice Department's Suit Demanding Arizona's Unredacted Voter Rolls record Administration lost Merits United States votebeat.org
Judge Throws Out Trump's $10 Billion Suit Against the Wall Street Journal Over Its Epstein Story record Administration lost Merits Trump personally npr.org
Judge Blocks Kennedy's Vaccine Panel Overhaul and Cuts to the Childhood Immunization Schedule record Administration lost Interim United States npr.org
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Trump's Bid to End Deportation Protections for Haitians and Syrians record Administration won Merits United States law.ucla.edu
Judge Rules Vought Unlawfully Refused to Request CFPB Funding and Orders Him to Resume record Administration lost Merits United States bankingjournal.aba.com
17 States Sue Over the Education Department's Demand for Race-Coded College Admissions Data record Administration lost Merits United States stateline.org
Court Filings Show DOGE Used ChatGPT to Flag More Than 1,000 Humanities Grants as 'DEI' record Administration lost Interim United States authorsguild.org
24 States Sue Over Trump's Replacement 10% Tariffs Two Weeks After His Supreme Court Loss record Administration lost Merits United States cbsnews.com
Appeals Court Refuses Trump's Bid to Delay the Supreme Court Tariff Ruling for 90 Days record Administration lost Interim United States cbsnews.com
Judge Declines to Halt Trump's $400 Million White House Ballroom — but Invites a New Challenge record Mixed Interim United States cnn.com
Judge Rules Third-Country Deportation Policy Unlawful record Administration lost Interim United States cbsnews.com
Judge Cannon Permanently Blocks Release of Jack Smith's Report on Trump's Classified Documents record Administration won Merits United States cbsnews.com
Supreme Court Invalidates Trump's IEEPA Global Tariffs record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Federal Judge Holds a Justice Department Lawyer in Contempt After ICE Dumped a Man in Texas record Administration lost Merits United States cbsnews.com
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Slavery Exhibits at Washington's Philadelphia Home record Administration lost Merits United States inquirer.com
Trump and His Sons Sue the IRS and Treasury for $10 Billion Over His Leaked Tax Returns record Administration won Merits Trump personally cnbc.com
Minnesota's Chief Judge Says ICE Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders in a Single Month record Pending Interim United States nbcnews.com
Education Department Drops Its Appeal and Abandons the Anti-DEI 'Dear Colleague' Letter record Administration lost Interim United States k12dive.com
Sen. Mark Kelly Sues Hegseth Over a Push to Strip His Navy Rank After an 'Illegal Orders' Video record Administration lost Interim United States courthousenews.com
Judge Orders Lindsey Halligan to Explain Why She Still Calls Herself U.S. Attorney record Administration lost Interim United States nbcnews.com
White House Argues Sign Language Interpreters Would Hurt Trump's 'Image' record Administration lost Merits United States disabilityscoop.com
Judge Dismisses Comey and James Cases, Citing Unlawful Prosecutor Appointment and Errors record Administration lost Merits United States npr.org
USDA Halts November Food Stamps for 42 Million People as More Than Two Dozen States Sue record Administration lost Merits United States npr.org
Judge Bars Federal Agents From Using Tear Gas on Journalists and Clergy Outside Broadview ICE Facility record Administration lost Interim United States news.wttw.com
Judge Blocks 500 National Guard Troops From Deploying to Illinois, Calling DHS Accounts Unreliable record Administration lost Interim United States capitolnewsillinois.com
Justice Department Indicts New York Attorney General Letitia James on Two Fraud Counts record Administration lost Merits United States justice.gov
Judge Blocks Trump From Sending 200 National Guard Troops Into Portland record Administration lost Interim United States oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Court Finds Ideological Deportation Campaign Unconstitutional record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Grand Jury Indicts James Comey Five Days After Trump Publicly Demanded Charges record Administration lost Interim United States foxnews.com
Federal Court Rules Inspector-General Firings Unlawful record Mixed Merits United States en.wikipedia.org
Supreme Court Lets Immigration Agents Resume Roving Stops in Los Angeles record Administration won Interim United States scotusblog.com
Appeals Court Rejects Alien Enemies Act Removal Campaign record Administration lost Merits United States theguardian.com
Federal Judge Rules Trump's Use of Troops in Los Angeles Violated the Posse Comitatus Act record Administration lost Merits United States abcnews.com
Judge Blocks the Removal of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children, Some Already Aboard Planes record Administration lost Interim United States npr.org
Trump-Appointed Judge Throws Out the Justice Department's Lawsuit Against Maryland's Entire Federal Bench record Administration lost Merits United States fortune.com
Federal Judge Rejects the Justice Department's Bid to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Records record Administration lost Merits United States aljazeera.com
Supreme Court Clears the Education Department to Fire 1,300 Workers and Halve Its Staff record Administration won Interim United States chalkbeat.org
Judge Bars Federal Agents From Stopping People in Los Angeles Based on Race, Language or Job record Administration lost Interim United States nbcnews.com
Class-Action Ruling Restores a Nationwide Block on Birthright Order record Administration lost Merits United States washingtonpost.com
Supreme Court Lets Trump Restart Layoffs Across 22 Agencies, With Jackson Alone in Dissent record Administration won Interim United States supremecourt.gov
U.S. Deports Eight Men to South Sudan on July 4 After the Supreme Court Clears the Way record Administration won Merits United States cbsnews.com
Federal Judge Rules Trump Had No Authority to Shut Off Asylum at the Southern Border record Administration lost Interim United States litigationtracker.justiceactioncenter.org
Supreme Court Curbs Nationwide Injunctions 6-3, Narrowing the Blocks on Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order record Administration won Merits United States supremecourt.gov
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Deportations to Third Countries Such as South Sudan record Administration won Interim United States supremecourt.gov
Judge Voids Hundreds of NIH Grant Terminations, Saying He Had Never Seen Discrimination So Palpable record Administration lost Merits United States oag.ca.gov
Judge Rules Trump's National Guard Takeover Failed the Statute — Appeals Court Freezes the Order Hours Later record Administration won Interim United States lawdork.com
Supreme Court Lets DOGE Access Social Security Records on Millions of Americans record Administration won Interim United States npr.org
Trade Court Invalidates the Liberation Day Tariff Architecture record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Federal Judge Rejects Alien Enemies Act Deportation Theory record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Supreme Court Orders Government to Facilitate Abrego Garcia's Return record Administration lost Merits United States reuters.com
Court Blocks DOGE Access to Treasury's Sensitive Payment Systems record Administration lost Interim United States reuters.com

101 of 101 entries carry a date; 101 carry a source; 101 link to a full 47watch record. Anything that could not be established from a source is left blank rather than estimated.

Last updated August 9, 2026. Suggest an addition
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