30 entries in the ledger
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled on October 9, 2026, that the Justice Department acted unlawfully when it demanded unredacted voter rolls from nearly all 50 states and cross-checked them against the SAVE...
U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in Rhode Island ruled on September 29, 2026, that the Trump administration unlawfully sought to withhold Violence Against Women Act grant funding from more than two dozen...
A federal judge in Oregon ruled on September 28, 2026, that the Trump administration violated the Constitution's separation of powers by refusing to request funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. U.S...
On Sept. 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island permanently struck down a Trump directive that would have barred many immigrants -- including visa holders, Temporary Protected Status recipients and...
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols in Washington — a Trump appointee — issued a preliminary injunction late Sept. 13 barring USPS from implementing Trump's order restricting mail-in voting, becoming the second federal...
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled Sept. 11 that a DHS plan to cut FEMA's staffing by 50% — more than 11,000 employees — was unlawful. Illston found DHS, then led by Secretary Kristi Noem, directed FEMA's leadership...
U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. ruled Sept. 11 that OPM likely violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act by directing agencies to include an essay question on federal job applications...
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington ruled on Aug. 19 that the Department of Health and Human Services may not implement sweeping new conditions on grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while...
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston ruled on Tuesday that the administration may end Temporary Protected Status for more than 5,000 Ethiopians, lifting what Reuters described as the last remaining judicial block...
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Massachusetts on Aug. 13 granted Harvard University's motion to dismiss the Justice Department's civil rights lawsuit accusing the school of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli...