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On Friday, appellate judges in Washington, D.C., will consider whether Trump’s firing members from the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board from their positions without cause is constitutional. www.npr.org/2025/05/16/n...

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Civil rights advocates see recent efforts of Louisiana Republicans to end federally ordered school desegregation as part of a broader attack on Black students and civil rights under the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from stripping Foreign Service employees of their collective bargaining rights. apnews.com/article/trum...

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The Trump administration has abruptly cancelled scores of scientific research grants for experts who track misinformation and other harmful online content at universities across the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

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The Supreme Court is holding a special session today on birthright citizenship. Trump’s EO ending birthright citizenship is at odds with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, past court rulings, and the values of our nation. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged migrant gang members is lawful, but that the administration failed to provide sufficient notice before deportation. abcnews.go.com/US/federal-j...

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On Tuesday, a coalition of 20 states filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration after it threatened to withhold billions in funding unless the states followed its demands on immigration enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

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“As lawyers responsible in recent White Houses for enforcing the rules against foreign government presents for presidents, we believe Donald Trump is transgressing them in the most brazen of ways.” - Norm Eisen, Virginia Canter & Richard W. Painter www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will put a hold on all DOJ political appointees awaiting Senate confirmation. He is waiting until the Justice Department’s Foreign Agents Registration Act Unit reports on possible corruption involving Qatari agents in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

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Four Democratic senators are pushing for a floor vote censuring President Trump’s plan to accept a $400m luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar. Trump plans to use it as Air Force One and display it in his personal presidential library. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Three Democratic members of Congress say that Trump administration homeland security officials were responsible for starting the confrontation at a New Jersey immigration jail, leading to the arrest of Newark’s Democratic mayor, Ras Baraka. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Legal experts and Democrats have expressed alarm as Trump administration officials openly discuss suspending habeas corpus. Steve Vladeck, a constitutional law professor, calls what the administration is proposing as “factually and legally nuts.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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The Trump administration is accepting a luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One. Congressional democrats are requesting a probe into whether the gift violates federal ethics rules or the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. www.axios.com/2025/05/11/t...

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DOGE is looking to build a single centralized database with troves of personal information about millions of U.S. citizens and residents. Such a database could violate or disregard core privacy and security protections meant to keep such information safe. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up for potential deportation. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Trump says he will appoint Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, after the Ed Martin nomination fell through. Pirro has not tried a case in over 15 years. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eyi...

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After Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team requested documents about the government’s use of El Salvador’s notorious prison to house deportees from the U.S, the Trump administration invoked the state secrets privilege to withhold information. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

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On Wednesday, a federal judge warned the Trump administration that it cannot deport immigrants to Libya, Saudi Arabia and any other country where they are not citizens without due process. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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A coalition of community organizations and AmeriCorps participants has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the agency. www.axios.com/2025/05/06/a...

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A coalition of community organizations and AmeriCorps participants has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the agency. www.axios.com/2025/05/06/a...

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Attorney Mark Zaid is suing the Trump administration after having his security clearance removed by the Trump administration, allegedly in retaliation for his work on a 2019 case. thehill.com/regulation/c...

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More than 150 former state and federal judges have signed a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi condemning the Trump administration’s arrest of Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee, describing it as an act of intimidation. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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A federal judge on Monday ruled that Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out votes on military and absentee ballots is unconstitutional. ncnewsline.com/2025/05/05/f...

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A coalition of attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy. www.npr.org/2025/05/05/g...

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The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill to expand the state’s existing protections for immigrants and limit how local law enforcement can interact with federal immigration authorities. coloradonewsline.com/2025/05/03/c...

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A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked a ruling that had ordered the Trump administration to return more than 1,000 Voice of America employees to work." www.reuters.com/legal/us-cou...

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Trump says he “doesn’t know” if he needs to uphold the U.S. Constitution, three months after swearing an oath to do just that. www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/p...

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Four former U.S. ambassadors warned that the U.S. is treading the path followed by democracies that descended into authoritarianism and dictatorship. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump signed an executive order late Thursday to end public funding of National Public Radio and PBS. PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger called it a "blatantly unlawful Executive Order, issued in the middle of the night." www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...

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@sddfund.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social call for the DOJ inspector general to investigate the handling of the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was accused of helping a person evade ICE. www.newsweek.com/doj-inspecto...

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Since Trump took office, more than 250 attorneys in the DOJ's civil rights division have either left, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation as part of the administration’s efforts to impede the enforcement of federal civil rights laws. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"In the race to make our democracy more open, honest, and accountable, Fred Wertheimer is a long-distance runner and a champion. He is a leader for these times, and a worthy recipient of the 2025 Senator Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award." -- Sen. Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov

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Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity official whom Trump has recently targeted for saying that the 2020 election had been conducted securely, had his membership in the Global Entry program revoked. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

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Compelling piece!! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Trump marked his 100th day in office with a campaign-style rally in Michigan attacking “communist radical left judges” for pushing back on his expansion of executive power, warning: “Nothing will stop me.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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A coalition of labor unions, nonprofits and local governments have filed a lawsuit charging that the actions taken by Trump and Musk violate the Constitution because Congress has not authorized them. www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

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A federal judge has ordered that two Venezuelan nationals living in D.C. be released from ICE custody, saying the federal government has failed to provide substantial evidence to declare them as an “alien enemy” after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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The Trump administration deported a 4-year-old and a 7-year-old with U.S. citizenship to Honduras alongside their mother last week, according to the family’s lawyer. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...

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FBI agents arrested a Milwaukee County judge in public, charging her with obstruction of justice and accusing her of helping a Mexican immigrant evade arrest. J. Michael Luttig: “the obvious purpose…is to intimidate and threaten all judges.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Venezuelan man to the United States after he was sent to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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Trump has directed his attorney general to investigate fundraising platforms like ActBlue, the central fundraising apparatus of the Democratic Party, as he ramps up efforts to use presidential power to target his political opponents. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Courts handed the Trump administration a series of losses in lawsuits over its executive overreach on immigration, elections, and its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools. apnews.com/article/trum...

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The Trump administration has killed a landmark civil rights settlement requiring Alabama to address raw sewage pollution in majority-Black residential areas, dismissing it as an “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agreement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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A group of nonprofits and municipalities have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for violating their free-speech rights. www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...

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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the news organization Voices of America. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

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Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that the federal government’s decision to freeze $2.2 billion in grants violates the First Amendment and other federal laws and regulations. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that Trump’s attempts to expand executive power and erode checks and balances signal a shift towards authoritarianism. www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

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As the U.S. Senate takes up the highly restrictive SAVE Act this week in an attempt to combat “noncitizen voting,” Adrian Fontes, Arizona’s Secretary of State, is asking D.C. lawmakers to provide proof. www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-04-21/c...

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A federal appeals court paused open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated an order he issued stopping flights of Venezuelan migrants being sent to El Salvador under a wartime statute. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...

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