Dozens of activist and legal groups, elected officials, local jurisdictions and individuals have launched more than 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration since Jan. 20 in response to his more than 90 executive orders, as well as executive proclamations and memos, Fox News Digital found.
Trump has long been a legal target, which hit a fever pitch during the 2024 election cycle when Trump faced four criminal indictments, including a criminal trial in Manhattan in the spring of 2024 when he was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Trump has maintained his innocence in the four cases, pointing to them as evidence of lawfare at the hands of Democrats working against his political efforts.
Upon Trump’s election win in November 2024, state attorneys general, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James, publicly said they would prepare legal battles against the Trump administration for actions they view as illegal or negatively impact residents.
‘We faced this challenge before, and we used the rule of law to fight back,’ James, who has repeatedly filed suits against Trump, said following his win. ‘And we are prepared to fight back once again because, as the attorney general of this great state, it is my job to protect and defend the rights of New Yorkers and the rule of law. And I will not shrink from that responsibility.’
Just weeks back in the Oval Office, Trump’s administration has been hit with at least 208 lawsuits working to resist his policies.
Fox News Digital compiled a list of the groups, state attorneys general, cities or states, and individuals who have launched lawsuits against the Trump administration’s executive actions. The list includes the various groups and individuals challenging the Trump administration in court, as well as the executive order or proclamation that sparked the suit.
- Jan. 20, 2025: New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support; League of United Latin American Citizens; Make the Road New York (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 20, 2025: O. Doe; Brazilian Worker Center, Inc.; La Colaborativa (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 20, 2025: Center for Biological Diversity (Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’)
- Jan. 22, 2025: Make the Road New York (Executive Order: Protecting the American People Against Invasion)
- Jan. 20, 2025: National Treasury Employees Union (Executive Order: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce)
- Jan. 20, 2025: National Security Counselors, Inc. (Executive Order: Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency)
- Jan. 20, 2025: American Public Health Association; American Federation of Teachers; Minority Veterans of America; VoteVets Action Fund; The Center for Auto Safety, Inc.; Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Executive Order: Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’)
- Jan. 20, 2025: Le v. Trump (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 21, 2025: State of New Jersey; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of California; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; District of Columbia; State of Hawai’i; State of Maine; State of Maryland; Attorney General Dana Nessel for the People of Michigan; State of Minnesota; State of Nevada; State of New Mexico; State of New York; State of North Carolina; State of Rhode Island; State of Vermont; State of Wisconsin; City and County of San Francisco (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 21, 2025: CASA, Inc; Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 21, 2025: State of Washington; State of Arizona; State of Illinois; State of Oregon (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 21. 2025: Delmy Franco Aleman, Cherly Norales Castillo, and Alicia Chavarria Lopez (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 23, 2025: Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (Executive Order: Securing Our Borders)
- Jan. 25, 2025: Organized Communities Against Deportation; Brighton Park Neighborhood Council; Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Raise the Floor Alliance (Executive Order: Protecting the American People Against Invasion)
- Jan. 26, 2025: Maria Moe, transgender federal inmate (Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- Jan. 27, 2025: Jane Does 1-2 (Executive action on the solicitation of information from career employees)
- Jan. 27, 2025: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Adelphi Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Richmond Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Executive action related to immigration enforcement in places of worship)
- Jan. 28, 2025: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Executive Order: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce)
- Jan. 28, 2025: Public Citizen, Inc.; State Democracy Defenders Fund; American Federation of Government Employees (Executive Order: Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency)
- Jan. 28, 2025: State of New York; State of California; State of Illinois; State of Rhode Island; State of New Jersey; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of Arizona; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; The District of Columbia; State of Hawai’i; State of Main; State of Maryland; State of Michigan; State of Minnesota; State of Nevada; State of North Carolina; State of New Mexico; State of Oregon; State of Vermont; State of Washington; State of Wisconsin (Executive action related to the temporary pause of grants, loans and assistance programs)
- Jan. 28, 2025: National Council of Nonprofits, American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, SAGE (Executive action related to the temporary pause of grants, loans and assistance programs)
- Jan. 28, 2025: Nicolas Talbott, Erica Vandal, Kate Cole, Gordon Herrero, Dany Danridge, Jamie Hash, Koda Nature, and Cael Neary, transgender U.S. military members or those seeking to enlist (Executive Order: Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness)
- Jan. 29, 2025: American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (‘AFGE’); American Federation of State, County And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (‘AFSCME’) (Executive Order: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce)
- Jan. 30, 2025: OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 30, 2025: County of Santa Clara (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Jan. 30, 2025: Jane Doe; Mary Doe; Sara Doe, transgender federal inmates (Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- Jan. 31, 2025: Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, American Gateways, Florence Immigrant Refugee Rights Project, Estrella Del Paso, Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy, National Immigrant Justice Center, NW Immigrant Rights Project, PA Immigration Resource Center, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Center (Executive Order: Protecting the American People Against Invasion)
- Feb. 3, 2025: Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (Presidential Proclamation Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion)
- Feb. 3, 2025: Alliance for Retired Americans, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 3, 2025: National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education; American Association of University Professors; Restaurant Opportunities Centers United; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- Feb. 4, 2025: PFLAG, Inc and American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, Inc. (Executive Orders: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government and Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation)
- Feb. 4, 2025: John and Jane Doe 1-9, employees and agents of the FBI (Executive Order: Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government)
- Feb. 4, 2025; Doctors for America (Executive order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- Feb. 4, 2025: Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association; seven John and Jane Doe plaintiffs (Executive Order: Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government)
- Feb. 4, 2025: Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition; Journalism Development Network, Inc (Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid)
- Feb. 5, 2025: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of Government Employees, AFLCIO, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Economic Policy Institute (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 5, 2025: Gwynne Wilcox, former National Labor Relations Board member (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- Feb. 6, 2025: Government Accountability Project and National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (Executive Order: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce)
- Feb. 6, 2025: American Foreign Service Association, American Federation of Government Employees (Executive order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid)
- Feb. 6, 2025: Commander Emily Shilling; Commander Blake Dremann; Lieutenant Commander Geirid Morgan; Sergeant First Class Cathrine Schmid; Sergeant First Class Jane Doe; Staff Sergeant Videl Leins; Matthew Medina; and Gender Justice League (Executive Order: Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness)
- Feb. 7, 2025: City and County of San Francisco (Executive Order: Protecting the American People Against Invasion)
- Feb. 7, 2025: State of New York; State of Arizona, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Maine, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Minnesota, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of North Carolina, State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, and State of Wisconsin (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 7, 2025: University of California Student Association (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 7, 2025: State of Washington, State of Minnesota, State of Oregon, Physician 1, Physician 2, and Physician 3 (Executive Orders: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government and Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation)
- Feb. 7, 2025: Ashton Orr, Zaya Perysian, Sawyer Soe, Chastain Anderson, Drew Hall, Bella Boe, and Reid Solomon-Lan (Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- Feb. 9, 2025: Luis Eduardo Perez Parra, Leonel Jose Rivas Gonzalez, Abraham Josue Barrios Morales, and M.R.R.Y (Presidential Memorandum: Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay to Full Capacity)
- Feb. 9, 2025: National Treasury Employees Union (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 9, 2025: National Treasury Employees Union (Executive action related to the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
- Feb. 10, 2025: HIAS, Church World Service, and Lutheran Community Services Northwest (Executive Order: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program)
- Feb. 10, 2025: American Federation of Teachers, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, National Federation of Federal Employees (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 10, 2025: Electronic Privacy Information Center (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 10, 2025: Hampton Dellinger, special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (Executive action related to government employment termination)
- Feb. 10, 2025: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Attorney General Dana Nessel on behalf of the people of the State of Michigan, State of Illinois, State of Arizona, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Colorado, State of Delaware, State of Hawai’i, State of Maine, State of Maryland, State of Minnesota, State of New Jersey, State of New York, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of North Carolina, State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, State of Washington, and State of Wisconsin (Executive Action related to the reduction in indirect cost reimbursement rate for research institutions, such as National Institutes of Health)
- Feb. 10, 2025: Association of American Universities, American Council on Education, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Brandeis University, Brown University, the Regents of the University of California, the California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, the George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, and Trustees of Tufts College (Executive Action related to the reduction in indirect cost reimbursement rate for research institutions, such as National Institutes of Health)
- Feb. 10, 2025: Association of American Medical Colleges; the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; the Association for Schools and Programs of Public Health; the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, Inc.; and Greater New York Hospital Association (Executive Action related to the reduction in indirect cost reimbursement rate for research institutions, such as National Institutes of Health)
- Feb. 10, 2025: Jane Jones, transgender federal inmate (Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- Feb. 11, 2025: American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO. (Executive action related to Office of Personnel Management directive on deferred resignation offer to federal employees)
- Feb. 11, 2025: Global Health Council; Small Business Association for International Companies; HIAS; Management Sciences for Health; Chemonics International, Inc; Dai Global, Llc; Democracy International, Inc; American Bar Association (Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid)
- Feb. 11, 2025: Mennonite Church USA; the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Central Atlantic Conference United Church of Christ; the Central Conference of American Rabbis; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Church of the Brethren, Inc; Convención Bautista Hispana De Texas; the Episcopal Church; Fellowship Southwest; Friends General Conference; General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.s.a.); General Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church; Latino Christian National Network; Massachusetts Council of Churches; the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church; New York State Council of Churches; North Carolina Council of Churches; the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church; the Rabbinical Assembly; Reconstructing Judaism; Rhode Island State Council of Churches; Union for Reform Judaism; Unitarian Universalist Association; the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church; Wisconsin Council of Churches; Wisdom, Inc. (Executive action related to immigration enforcement in places of worship)
- Feb. 11, 2025: Cathy Harris, chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- Feb. 11, 2025: American Oversight (Executive Action related to the terminations of inspectors general)
- Feb. 11, 2025: Denise Nemeth-Greenleaf, Jason Judkins, Jon Michel, Donna Nemeth, and Michael Rifer, who are a group of federal employees (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 12, 2025: Andrea Gribbon, Cherice Prater, Helga Hertlein, Donald Custer, Lynn Boisrond, Dennis Titko (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 12, 2025: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Economic Action Maryland Fund (Executive action related to the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
- Feb. 12, 2025: Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, American Gateways, Americans for Immigrant Justice (Presidential Memorandum: Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay to Full Capacity)
- Feb. 12, 2025: Robert P. Storch; Michael J. Missal; Christi A. Grimm; Cardell K. Richardson, Sr.; Sandra D. Bruce; Phyllis K. Fong; Larry D. Turner; Hannibal ‘Mike’ Ware, who served as inspectors general (Executive Action related to the terminations of inspectors general)
- Feb. 12, 2025: Denver Public Schools (Executive action related to immigration enforcement in places of worship and schools)
- Feb. 12, 2025: Tirrell v. Edelblut (Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- Feb. 13, 2025: J. Doe 1-26 (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 13, 2025: Susan Tsui Grundmann (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- Feb. 13, 2025: States of New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 13, 2025: Josh Shapiro, in his official capacity as governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; and Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (Executive action related to the temporary pause of grants, loans and assistance programs)
- Feb. 13, 2025: New York Immigration Coalition (Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship)
- Feb. 17, 2025: Center for Taxpayer Rights (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 17, 2025: John Does 1-6 and Jane Does 1-5 v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- Feb. 18, 2025: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Executive Order: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program)
- Feb. 18. 2025: Personal Services Contractor Association (Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid)
- Feb. 19, 2025: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (Executive action related to the Department of Transportation rescinding an authorization for New York’s congestion pricing plan)
- Feb. 19, 2025: National Urban League, National Fair Housing Alliance, Aids Foundation of Chicago (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- Feb. 19, 2025: American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO; American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; AFGE Local 1216; and United Nurses Associations of California/union of Health Care Professionals, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (Executive action related to the termination of probationary employees within the federal government)
- Feb. 19, 2025: Northern Alaska Environmental Center, Alaska Wilderness League, Oceana, Inc., Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Healthy Gulf, Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Greenpeace, Inc. (Executive Order: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions)
- Feb. 19, 2025: National TPS Alliance (Executive action related to DHS terminating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela)
- Feb. 20, 2025: Casa, Inc., Make the Road New York (Executive action related to DHS terminating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela)
- Feb. 20, 2025: San Francisco Aids Foundation; Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society; Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Inc. D/b/a San Francisco Community Health Center; Los Angeles LGBT Center; Prisma Community Care; Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Inc. D/b/a the LGBT Community Center; Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center; Baltimore Safe Haven Corp.; and Forge, Inc. (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- Feb. 20, 2025: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- Feb. 21, 2025: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Alliance for Retired Americans, American Federation of Teachers (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- Feb. 21, 2025: The City of New York (Executive action related to denying federal grants)
- Feb. 21, 2025: The Associated Press (Executive action related to denying media access to White House)
- Feb. 21, 2025: Project on Government Oversight, Inc.(Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- Feb. 23, 2025: City of Chelsea and City of Somerville (Executive Order: Protecting the American People Against Invasion)
- Feb. 24, 2025: Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Working Group (Executive action related to the Department of Agriculture removing climate change-related data from website)
- Feb. 24, 2025: Travis Leblanc and Edward Felten (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- Feb. 25, 2025: American Federation of Teachers, American Sociological Association, American Federation of Teachers Maryland (Executive action related to the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ letter banning DEI-related programs)
- Feb. 26, 2025: Chicago Women in Trades (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- Feb. 26, 2025: Democracy Forward Foundation (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- Feb. 28, 2025: Democratic National Committee, DSCC, DCCC (Executive Order: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies)
- Feb. 28, 2025: Democracy Forward Foundation (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- March 1, 2025: Maiker Alejandro Espinoza Escalona (Presidential Memorandum: Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay to Full Capacity)
- March 3, 2025: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, National Center for Teacher Residencies, the Maryland Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- March 3, 2025: Pueblo of Isleta; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes; Ella Bowen; Kaiya Brown; Danielle Ledesma; Victor Organista; and Aiyanna Tanyan (Executive action related to Bureau of Indian Education layoffs)
- March 3, 2025: Environmental Defense Fund (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- March 3, 2025: Alishea Kingdom, Solo Nichols, Jas Kapule (Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- March 3, 2025: Haitian-Americans United Inc.; Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts; Undocublack Network, Inc.; Sydney Doe; Marlene Doe; Gustavo Doe; and Natalia Doe (Executive action related to DHS terminating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela)
- March 3, 2025: Center for Biological Diversity (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- March 3, 2025: Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc. (Executive action related to the temporary pause of grants, loans and assistance programs)
- March 3, 2025: Environmental Defense Fund (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- March 5, 2025: National Endowment for Democracy (Executive action related to State Department funds)
- March 5, 2025: Japanese American Citizens League, Oca – Asian Pacific American Advocates, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists (Executive Action related to disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE)
- March 4, 2025: Mary Comans (Executive action related to the disclosure of civil servant personnel records)
- March 6, 2025: States of Maryland, Minnesota, District of Columbia, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin (Executive action related to government employment termination)
- March 6, 2025: State of California; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of New Jersey; State of Colorado; State of Illinois; State of Maryland; State of New York; and State of Wisconsin (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- March 6, 2025: Rhode Island Latino Arts, National Queer Theater, the Theater Offensive, and Theatre Communications Group (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- March 6, 2025: Ward Brehm, in his personal capacity and in his official capacity as President of the United States African Development Foundation (Executive Order: Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- March 7, 2025: Centro De Trabajadores Unidos, Immigrant Solidarity Dupage (Executive Orders: Securing Our Borders, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, and Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’)
- March 9, 2025: Mahmoud Khalil (Executive action related to the detention and deportation of non-citizens)
- March 11, 2025: Perkins Coie LLP (Executive Order: Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP)
- March 12, 2025: Gordon Schiff and Celeste Royce (Executive order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- March 13, 2025: State of New York; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of Hawaiʻi; State of California; State of Arizona; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; the District of Columbia; State of Illinois; State of Maine; State of Maryland; Attorney General Dana Nessel for the People of Michigan; State of Minnesota; State of Nevada; State of New Jersey; State of Oregon; State of Rhode Island; State of Vermont; State of Washington; and State of Wisconsin (Executive action related to the dismantling of the Department of Education)
- March 13, 2025: American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO; American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO TSA Local 1121; Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO; and Association of Flight Attendants, CWA, AFL-CIO (Executive action related to collective bargaining)
- March 13, 2025: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting(Executive action related to the temporary pause of grants, loans and assistance programs)
- March 13, 2025: Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council; Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District; Green Infrastructure Center; and National Council of Nonprofits (Executive Order: Unleashing American Energy)
- March 14, 2025: Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc (Executive action related to the dismantling of the Department of Education)
- March 14, 2025: Democracy Forward Foundation (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- March 15, 2025: J.G.G., G.F.F., J.G.O., W.G.H., J.A.V (Presidential proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua)
- March 17, 2025: Logan Ireland, and Nicholas Bear Bade (Executive Order: Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness)
- March 18, 2025: Vizguerra-Ramirez (Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats)
- March 18, 2025: United States Institute of Peace; Ambassador John J. Sullivan; Judy Ansley; Joseph L. Falk; Kerry Kennedy; Mary Swig (Executive action related to DOGE work at Institute of Peace)
- March 18, 2025: RFE/RL, Inc. (Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- March 19., 2025: Ashley Morgan (Executive Order: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities)
- March 19, 2025: The Sustainability Institute (Executive Orders: Unleashing American Energy, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative)
- March 19, 2025: California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank; Efficiency Maine Trust; Illinois Finance Authority; Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority (Executive Orders: Unleashing American Energy, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative)
- March 20, 2025: Open Technology Fund (Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- March 21, 2025: Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, Kathryn Neeper, John Does 1-4, Reporters Sans Frontières, Reporters Without Borders, Inc., American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), and The Newsguild-CWA (Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- March 23, 2025: D.V.D.; M.M.; E.F.D.; and O.C.G. (Executive action related to ICE directive)
- March 24, 2025: Yunseo Chung (Executive Orders: Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism, Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats)
- March 24, 2025: Somerville Public Schools; Easthampton Public Schools; American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 93; American Association of University Professors; Service Employees International Union (Executive Order: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities)
- March 25, 2025: Rümeysa Öztürk (Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats)
- March 25, 2025: American Association of University Professors; American Association of University Professors-Harvard Faculty Chapter; American Association of University Professors at New York University; Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, and Middle East Studies Association (Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats)
- March 25, 2025: American Oversight (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- March 26, 2025: Michael Abramowitz, of Voice of America; Anthony Michael Labruto; J. Doe 1 and 2 (Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- March 27, 2025: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter; Alvaro M. Bedoya (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- March 27, 2025: Radio Free Asia (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- March 28, 2025: Jennifer and Block, LLP (Executive Order: Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP)
- March 28, 2025: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (Executive Order: Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP)
- March 30, 2025: Doğukan Günaydin (Executive action related to ICE directive)
- March 31, 2025: Democratic National Committee; Democratic Governors Association; DSCC; DCC; Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer; House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem S. Jeffries (Executive Order: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections)
- March 31, 2025: League of United Latin American Citizens; Secure Families Initiative; and Arizona Students’ Association (Executive Order: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections)
- March 31, 2025: Democracy Forward Foundation (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- March 31, 2025: National Treasury Employees (Executive Order: Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs)
- April 1, 2025: Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- April 2, 2025: American Association of People with Disabilities; National Federation of the Blind; Deaf Equality; National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare; Massachusetts Senior Action Council (Executive action related to changes made to the Social Security Administration)
- April 3, 2025: Emily Ley Paper, Inc. (Executive actions related to tariffs)
- April 3, 2025: American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; National Nurses Organizing Committee/national Nurses United; Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO; National Association of Government Employees, Inc.; National Federation of Federal (Executive Order: Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs)
- April 4, 2025: State of Rhode Island; State of New York; State of Hawai‘i; State of Arizona; State of California; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; State of Illinois; State of Maine; State of Maryland; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; People of the State of Michigan; State of Minnesota; State of Nevada; State of New Jersey; State of New Mexico; State of Oregon; State of Vermont; State of Washington; State of Wisconsin (Executive action related to changes made to the Social Security Administration)
- April 3, 2025: State Of California; State Of Nevada; Commonwealth Of Massachusetts; State Of Arizona; State Of Colorado; State Of Connecticut; State Of Delaware; State Of Hawai‘i; State Of Illinois; State Of Maine; State Of Maryland; People Of The State Of Michigan; State Of Minnesota; State Of New Jersey; State Of New Mexico; State Of New York; State Of Rhode Island; State Of Vermont; State Of Wisconsin (Election law reform executive order)
- April 4, 2025: CREW v. CDC (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- April 4, 2025: State of Rhode Island v. Trump (Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- April 4, 2025: Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy (Executive action related to denying federal grants)
- April 4, 2025: State of Washington v. Trump (Executive Order: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections)
- April 4, 2025: Susan Webber et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al (Executive actions related to tariffs)
- April 7, 2025: American Foreign Service Association v. Trump (Executive Order: Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs)
- April 7, 2025: American Library Association v. Sonderling et al (Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- April 7, 2025: Maine v. US Department of Agriculture (Executive action related to agriculture funds and transgender policies)
- April 8, 2025: G.F.F. v. Trump (Presidential Proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua)
- April 8, 2025: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- April 9, 2025: J.A.V. v. Trump (Presidential Proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua)
- April 9, 2025: Samuels v. Trump (Executive action related to removal of independent agency leaders)
- April 10, 2025: Pippenger v. U.S. DOGE Service (Executive action related to DOGE work at Institute of Peace)
- April 10, 2025: State of New York v. United States Department of Education (Executive action related to denying federal grants)
- April 11, 2025: American Association of University Professors – Harvard Faculty Chapter v. Department of Justice (Executive Order: Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism)
- April 11, 2025: Susman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President (Executive Orders:Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP, Addressing Risks From Jenner & Block, Addressing Risks from Wilmerhale)
- April 11, 2025: Smith v. Trump (Executive Order: Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court)
- April 11, 2025: Jane Doe 1 v. Bondi (Executive actions related to the removals of non-citizens from U.S.)
- April 11, 2025: American Association of University Professors – Harvard Faculty Chapter v. Department of Justice (Executive Order: Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism)
- April 12, 2025: D.B.U. v. Trump (Presidential Proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua)
- April 14, 2025: J.O.P. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Presidential Proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua)
- April 14, 2025: Mahdawi v. Trump (Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats)
- April 14, 2025: American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Goldstein (Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- April 14, 2025: Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy (Executive action related to the Department of Energy’s guidance on reimbursement to research institutes)
- April 14, 2025: Protect Democracy Project V. U.s. Office of Management and Budget (Executive action related to data on the Office of Management and Budget website)
- April 14, 2025: V.O.S. Selections Inc. v. Trump (Executive actions related to tariffs)
- April 15, 2025: A.S.R. v. Trump (Presidential Proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua)
- April 15, 2025: Doe et al v. EEOC (Executive Orders:Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP, Addressing Risks From Jenner & Block, Addressing Risks from Wilmerhale)
- April 15, 2025: American Center for International Labor Solidarity v. Chavez-Deremer (Executive action related to ending international cooperative labor agreements)
- April 15, 2025: E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity (Executive Orders: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- April 15, 2025: NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education (Executive action related to the Department of Education policy banning DEI programs)
- April 15, 2025: Rona v. Trump (Executive Order: Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court)
- April 16, 2025: Taylor v. Trump (Executive Order: Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety)
- April 16, 2025: W.M.M. v. Trump (Presidential Proclamation: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua)
- April 16, 2025: Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Interior, et al (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- April 16, 2025: State of California v. Trump (Executive actions related to tariffs)
- April 16, 2025: Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump (Executive actions related to tariffs)
- April 21, 2025: ACLU v. United States Social Security Administration (Executive action related to disclosure of personal records to DOGE)
- April 21, 2025: President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services (Executive Order: Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism)
- April 22, 2025: America First Legal Foundation v. Roberts (Executive action related to records retention and DOGE)
- April 23, 2025: Oregon v. Trump (Executive actions related to tariffs)
- April 25, 2025: V.M.L. v. Harper (Executive actions related to Department of Homeland Security immigration policies)
- April 25, 2025: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Executive action related to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties)
- April 25, 2025: Harris County Texas v. Robert F Kennedy Jr. (Executive action related to denial of federal grants)
- April 25, 2025: State of New York v. Department of Education (Executive action related to denial of federal grants)
- April 25, 2025: Schlacter v. U.S. Department of State (Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)
- April 28, 2025: American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump (Executive Order: Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative)
- April 29, 2025: State of Maryland v. Corporation for National and Community Service (Executive Order: Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative)
- April 29, 2025: Corporation for Public Broadcasting v. Trump (Executive Orders: Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy)
- May 1, 2025: American Council of Learned Societies v. McDonald (Executive action related to National Endowment for the Humanities grants)
- May 2, 2025: King County v. Turner (Executive Orders: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity)
- May 5, 2025: Iverson v. Trump (Executive Order: Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court)
- May 8, 2025: S. v. Dept of Health and Human Services (Executive action related to unaccompanied minors)
Amid the flurry of lawsuits against Trump and his administration, Democratic elected officials and government employees have spoken out against the orders and the Trump agenda overall.
Democrats and government employees have also staged protests as the Department of Government Efficiency investigates various federal agencies as part of its mission to cut government overspending and weed out corruption and mismanagement of taxpayer funds.
‘That’s not acceptable,’ House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declared in January. ‘We are going to fight it legislatively. We are going to fight it in the courts. We’re going to fight it in the streets.’
‘We will see you in the court, in Congress, in the streets,’ Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said at a rally outside the Treasury Department earlier in February.
‘We are gonna be in your face, we are gonna be on your a–es, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like, and this ain’t it,’ Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said at the same rally.
Trump joined Fox News’ Bret Baier for an exclusive interview ahead of the Super Bowl on Feb. 9, where he was asked about a lawsuit filed by attorneys general to restrict DOGE and its chair, Elon Musk, from accessing the Treasury Department’s systems and a judge temporarily blocking the DOGE team from the data.
‘Nineteen states attorneys general filed a lawsuit, and early Saturday a judge agreed with them to restrict Elon Musk and his government efficiency team, DOGE, from accessing Treasury Department payment and data systems. They said there was a risk of ‘irreparable harm.’ What do you make of that?’ Baier asked Trump in the interview clip. ‘And does that slow you down and what you want to do?’
‘No, I disagree with it 100%,’ Trump said. ‘I think it’s crazy. And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government. You take a look at the USAID, the kind of fraud in there.’
‘We’re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars of money that’s going to places where it shouldn’t be going,’ Trump said when asked about what DOGE has found while auditing federal agencies in search of government overspending, fraud and corruption.
This tracker will be updated with additional lawsuits as they are confirmed.
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