All the major litigation and decisions against Trump and Elon Musk’s DOE

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Over a dozen democratic states, President Donald Trump sued late Friday to allow Elon Musk’s staff to access sensitive government’s payment systems-most recently in a series of lawsuits as Democrats and others fight President Donald Trump and cost-saving Czar Musk in court.

Timeline

7th FebruaryA group of 19 democratic state attorneys sued Trump in the federal court after staff of the Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency gained access to the Treasury’s payment system, arguing that the shift exceeds the authority of the Treasury and could lead to DOGER illegally blocking expenses, that has already been approved by Congress (a court decision in a separate trial says that only two dove employees may have read-only access).

Dog’s access to Treasury Systems “puts large amounts of funding to the states and their residents at risk and jeopardizing the (personal information) of states’ inhabitants whose information is stored on the payment systems,” the trial claims.

7th FebruaryA group of states that defended Trump during last week’s sweeping federal appropriation freezing alleged in an archiving They “continue to be denied access to federal funds”, even though a judge put the freezer on wait, claiming that “Scattershot Stop” has cut them off from accessing more Biden-Era supplementation programs.

7th FebruaryJudge Carl Nichols -a Trump -appointed, blocked a plan to put 2,200 US Agency for International Development Staff on Paid leave from Friday, part of Trump’s Gambit to run the Foreign Support Bureau, More Newsplings reported – a temporary postponement after a lawsuit Of a federal employees’ union who calls Trump’s efforts to run USAID without Congress permission “Unconstitutional and illegal.”

7th FebruaryThe Ministry of Justice Agreed Not to name the FBI agents involved in January 6th investigation before a judge is decided on two lawsuits from the FBI agents who argued that the dissemination of the names of agents could threaten their employment, reputation and well -being.

7th FebruaryUniversity of California Student Association sued Department of Education, which accuses the Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for illegally accessing “sensitive personal and financial information” of approx. 42 million federal student loans.

6 FebruaryBoston-based judge George O’Toole paused A Deadline on Thursday for over 2 million federal employees to accept a buyout offering part of Trump and Musk’s cost-saving push-as he is considering whether to give a request Of federal workers’ associations that sued to block the acquisitions and extended the deadline until Monday.

6 FebruaryJudge John Coughenour in Seattle extended His break on Trump’s Day-One executive order that deducts Birthright Citizenship for the Children to undocumented or temporary immigrants, in response to a trial brought by democratic-led states, writing, “the president cannot change, limit or qualify this constitutional right via a Executive Order. “

6 FebruaryDC-based Judge Colleen Collar-Kotelly said Only two mosque affiliated employees can access the Treasury’s payment system on a “reading only” basis after the workers’ unions sued the Treasury in the midst of reports Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which became access to sensitive items. (One of the employees given access has allegedly since withdrew over racist tweets.)

February 5th Another Judge – Deborah L. Boardman of Maryland—Blocked Trump’s policy that resigns Birthright -State Citizenship, in response to a lawsuit brought by nonprofit organizations representing undocumented pregnant women.

February 4thJudge Royce C. Lamberth in DC paused Trump’s limitations for transient women who are imprisoned in women’s prisons and federal prisons delivering gender -affirming medical treatment after several inmates defendants to block the policy.

February 3rdDistrict Judge Loren L. Alikhan wide Blocked The Trump administration’s memo, which stops almost all federal assistance – even after the White House claimed it had been abolished – while litigation brought by nonprofit groups receiving state funds goes on.

31 JanuaryThe Trump Administration’s memo, which paused most federal assistance, was partially blocked when Judge John J. McConnell Jr. steered The Trump administration cannot withhold the funding of the democratic-led states that defend to block financing freezing.

January 26thO’TOOLE forbidden Law enforcement from transferring an imprisoned transgender woman to a male prison facility – at least while litigation filed by the inmate is moving forward – after Trump stripped transking Americans of their legal protection, including being jailed in prisons in line with their gender identities.

January 20The first trial against Trump’s administration was filed minutes after he was sworn to office when the Public Interest Law Group Group National Security Advisers claimed that Doge should be classified as a federal advisory board who has “rather balanced” membership and follow rules for public public Transparency.

Who else is suing Trump?

Litigation has been Filed against A number of other Trump administration directives in cases that have not yet resulted in any decisions, including pending cases of Trump’s immigration policies such as asylum restrictions, attacks on sanctuary cities, immigration managers entering worship houses and limiting grants to immigration-related groups. Several other cases of transgender rights are pending, including litigation against Trump’s transient military ban and minors receiving gender-affirming care, as well as a trial that challenges Trump’s wider restrictions on diversity, justice and inclusion policies. Other lawsuits that are still pending include litigation against the Ministry of Justice’s targeting funds that worked the 6th of January-related cases, Trump’s “Schedule F”, making it easier to shoot career officials, Trump’s firing of national working conditions Gwynne A. Wilcox, Office of Personal Management, allegedly storing E emails on an unsecured server and the government removes health data from federal sites.

Who else is suitable for Elon Musk and DOGE?

Several lawsuits also argue that Trump should not have been able to create Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” by renaming the US digital service, while another challenge is aiming for DODE Access to records at the Department of Labor.

Will the Supreme Court side with Trump?

None of the lawsuits against the other Trump administration have yet reached the Supreme Court, though at least some inevitably will. The high efforts in the litigation brought against Trump policies, plus the fact that browsing more litigation against a single policy can result in contradictory decisions do it all, but sure that High Court will eventually weigh into some of the legal challenges that are now making their way through the courts. It is unclear how the 6-3 Conservative Court of Court stacked with three Trump-appointed will eventually decide all challenges, although legal experts have suggested that some of the administration’s features may be too much for even the conservative-bending Court to get back. Georgetown Law School Professor Stephen Vladeck wrote He was skeptical that, for example, the Supreme Court would support the administration’s memo with federal funding. He noted that although the court was willing to give Trump more power in his recent decision that gave him some immunity from criminal charges, it would be “a completely different” thing for them to give him “the right to refuse to use Any and all money congress grants. “Legal experts have also been very skeptical of the legal rationale used by the Trump Administration to justify the order that cancels Birthright -State Citizenship that claims the 14th amendment -which guarantees citizenship for” all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction, therefore, the children have always exempted the children from undocumented immigrants or non -state. Mark Krikorian, who runs the Center for Immigration Studies and supports the end of Birthright -State Citizenship, recognized To NBC News in July, Trump’s argument “is something that the Supreme Court may well decide on,” and legal experts have previously decorated the legal theory behind Trump’s order as a “lunatic fringe argument” with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Professor Rebecca Hamlin says NPR In 2018, every lawyer who thinks it’s “like a unicorn.”

What controversial actions from Trump and Elon Musk have not yet resulted in litigation?

Trump has already issued a number of major executive actions, and many have not yet been contested in court, such as the one who is withdrawing the World Health Organization, withholding federal funding from schools allowing transient women in women’s sports who introduce customs in China, Removal of protective measures on artificial intelligence and abolition of the biden-era’s climate change initiatives, including ordering federal agencies not to pay out some financing approved by Congress. Musk and DOGE have also implemented a number of controversial traits that have not yet resulted in trials, including DOGE employees who have access to Medicare and Medicaid and Reported Using artificial intelligence to search through sensitive internal data for the Department of Education.

Key background

Trump has issued a number of executive orders in the less than three weeks he has been in the White House, and issues broad orders on issues such as climate change, transient rights, DEI initiatives, education, immigration, the US military, abortion, the federal Death punishment and more. Musk, as Trump appointed to lead DODE and has become one of his top advisers, has also drawn widespread controversy as DOGE has dug into the federal government and gained access to government information while proposing widespread cuts to spending. With Republicans who have both the White House and Congressional Control, the courts have become the primary way for Democrats to issue any kind of control of Trump administration’s actions, and the house’s minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., has pointed to litigation as one Important pillar in the Democrats’ response to the second Trump Presidency. “We have seen a flooding and a jerk of scandalous performing acts that have been taken by the administration and by the current president, but which has also led to a reaction to righteous trial,” Jeffries told MSNBC, when asked how Democrats would oppose Trump’s policy, saying that the litigation strategy “will continue as we move on.”

Additional reading

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ForbesCan Trump quit Birth Right Citizenship? What to know after judge blocks executive orderBy Alison Durkee