Over 100 cases have been launched against the Trump administration for executive orders on immigration, cutting government waste, federal funding, and other issues.
Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has been hit with 119 legal challenges to various executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.
Dozens of cases have been filed against the Trump administration over executive orders signed by Trump regarding birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, the ending of federal funding for sanctuary jurisdictions, the revocation of Temporary Protected Status for certain migrants, and transfers to Guantanamo for criminal illegal immigrants.
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v Donald J Trump, filed on January 20
O. Doe; Brazilian Worker Center, Inc; La Colaborativa v Donald J Trump et al, filed on January 20
Le v Trump, filed on January 20
State of New Jersey et al v Donald J Trump et al, filed on January 21
Casa v Donald Trump, filed on January 21
State of Washington et al v Donald J Trump et al, filed on January 21
Make the Road New York v Benjamine Huffman (Acting Secretary of Homeland Security et al, filed on January 22
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center et al v US Department of Homeland Security, filed on January 23
Franco Aleman et al v Trump et al, filed on January 24
Organized Communities Against Deportations et al v Benjamine Huffman (Acting Secretary of Homeland Security) et al, filed on January 25
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, et al v US Department of Homeland Security, filed on January 27
OCA-Asia Pacific American Advocates v Marco Rubio et al, filed on January 30
County of Santa Clara v Trump, et al, filed on January 30
Amica Center for Immigration Rights et al v US Department of Justice, filed on January 31
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v Noem, filed on February 3
City and County of San Francisco v Donald J Trump, et al, filed on February 7
Perez Parra v Castro, filed on February 9
Pacito v Trump, filed on February 10
Mennonite Church USA et al v United States Department of Homeland Security et al, filed on February 11
Denver Public Schools v Noem, filed on February 12
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v Noem, filed on February 12
New York Immigration Coalition v Trump et al, filed on February 13
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v Department of State et al, filed on February 18
National TPS Alliance et al v Noem, filed on February 19
Casa, Inc and Make the Road New York v Noem, filed on February 20
City of Chelsea v Trump, filed on February 23
Doe v Noem, filed on February 28
Espinoza Escalona v Noem, filed on March 1
Haitian Americans United Inc v Trump, filed on March 3
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v Bessent, filed on March 7
MK v William P Joyce et al, filed on March 9
Under the Trump administration, an effort has been undertaken to cut excess government waste from its ranks. Much of this effort has been headed by the Department of Government Efficiency under Elon Musk. Many of the cases relate to DOGE’s waste-cutting efforts as well as the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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National Treasury Employees Union v Donald J Trump et al, filed on January 20
Public Citizen Inc et al v Donald J Trump and Office of Management and Budget, filed on January 20, case has since been closed
Jerald Lentini, Joshua Erlich, and National Security Counselors v Department of Government Efficiency, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Executive Office of the President, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Russell Vought, Scott Kupor, and Donald Trump, filed on January 20
American Public Health Association et al v Office of Management and Budget, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Government Efficiency, filed on January 20
Center for Biological Diversity v Office of Management and Budget, filed on January 20
Jane Does 1-2 v Office of Personnel Management, filed on January 27
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v Donald Trump et al, filed on January 28
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v Donald Trump et al, filed on January 29
Alliance for Retired Americans v Scott Bessent et al, filed on February 3
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v Ezell, filed on February 4
Gwynne A Wilcoz v Donald J Trump et al, filed on February 5
AFL-CIO v Department of Labor, filed on February 5
Government Accountability Project v Office of Personnel Management, filed on February 6
American Foreign Service Association v Trump, filed on February 6
New York et al v Donald J Trump, filed on February 7
University of California Student Association v Carter et al, filed on February 7
National Treasury Employees Union v Russel Vought, filed on February 9
National Treasury v Employees Union v Russell Vought, filed on February 9
American Federation of Teachers et al v Bessent et al, filed on February 10
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v United States Department of State, filed on February 10
Electronic Privacy Information Center v US Office of Personnel Management, filed on February 10
Dellinger v Bessent, filed on February 10, case has since been closed
Global Health Council v Trump, filed on February 11
Cathy A Harris v Bessent, filed on February 11
American Federation of Government Employees, et al v Office of Personnel Management et al, filed on February 11
Nemeth-Greeleaf, et al v Office of Personnel Management, et al, filed on February 11
Gribbon et al v Musk, filed on February 12
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore et al v Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, filed on February 12
Storch et al v Hegseth et al, filed on February 12
National Treasury Employees Union v Donald Trump, filed on February 12
J Doe 1-26 v Musk, filed on February 13
Grudmann v Trump et al, filed on February 13
New Mexico et al v Musk, filed on February 13
Center for Taxpayer Rights v IRS, filed on February 17
Personal Services Contractor Association v Trump et al, filed on February 18
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v Office of Personnel Management and Ezell, filed on February 19
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v Social Security Administration, filed on February 21
LeBlank & Felten v United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, filed on February 24
Democratic National Committee v Trump, filed on February 28
Center for Biological Diversity v US Department of Interior, filed on March 3
Comans v Department of Homeland Security, filed on March 4
Japanese American Citizens League v Musk, filed on March 5
National Endowment for Democracy v United States, filed on March 5
Brehm v Marocco, filed on March 6
Maryland et al v US Department of Agriculture et al, filed on March 6
Pueblo of Isleta v Secretary of the Department of the Interior, filed on March 7
The White House office budget issued a memorandum directing agencies to "temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all federal financial assistance" so that each agency can conduct a “comprehensive analysis” to ensure that its grant and loan programs comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders. That memo was rescinded on January 29. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in response, "This is not a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented."
National Council of Nonprofits v Office of Management and Budget, filed on January 28
New York et al v Donald J Trump et al, filed on January 28
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v National Institutes of Health, filed on February 10
Associations of American Universities, et al v Department of Health and Human Services, et al, filed on February 10
Association of American Medical Colleges v National Institutes of Health, filed on February 10
Shapiro et al v Department of Interior et al, filed on February 13
City of New York v Trump et al, filed on February 21
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc v Department of Health and Human Services, filed on March 3
Trump has signed numerous executive orders that are being challenged in the courts, including ceasing the federal funding of sex changes for inmates, blocking biological males from women's sports in federally funded schools, revoking federal funding for child sex changes, directing the banning of transgender military service members, and other orders.
Maria Moe v Donald Trump, et al, filed on January 26
Nicolas Talbott, et al v Donald Trump, et al, filed on January 28
Doe v McHenry, filed on January 30
PFLAG, Inc v Trump, filed on February 4
Shilling v Trump, filed on February 6
State of Washington et al v Donald J Trump et al, filed on February 7
Orr v Trump, filed on February 7
Jones v Trump, filed on February 10
Tirrell v Edelblut, filed on February 12
Kingdom v Trump, filed on March 7
Trump issued multiple executive orders ending DEI practices upheld by the previous administration, including the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity order, which states that DEI policies "undermine our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement in favor of an unlawful, corrosive, and pernicious identity-based spoils system."
National Association of Diversity Officer in Higher ED v Trump, filed on February 3
Doe 1 v Office of the Director of National Intelligence, filed on February 17
National Urban League v Trump, filed on February 19
San Francisco AIDS Foundation et al v Trump, filed on February 20
American Federation of Teachers v US Department of Education, filed on February 25
Chicago Women in Trades v Trump, filed on February 26
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education v Carter, filed on March 3
National Education Association v US Department of Education, filed on March 5
Rhode Island Latino Arts v National Endowment for the Arts, filed on March 6
State of California v Department of Education, filed on March 6
American Oversight v Department of Government Efficiency, filed on February 11
CREW v DOGE, filed on February 20
Project on Government Oversight, Inc v Trump, filed on February 21
Democracy Forward Foundation v Office of Personnel Management, filed on February 26
Democracy Forward Foundation v Office of Management and Budget, filed on February 28
Environmental Defense Fund v United States Environmental Protection Agency, filed on March 3
Doctors for America v Office of Personnel Management et al, filed on February 4
John and Jane Does 1-9 v Department of Justice, filed on February 4
Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association; John Does 1-4; Jane Does 1-3 v Department of Justice, filed on February 4
Metropolitan Transportation Authority v Duffy, filed on February 19
Northern Alaska Environmental Center v Trump, filed on February 19
The Associated Press v Budowich, filed on February 21
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York v US Department of Agriculture, filed on February 24
Perkins Coie LLP v US Department of Justice, filed on March 11