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Shock and Law

Case 1:25-cv-00628-SAG
Dept. of Education

PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
 
Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
 
Case 1:25-cv-00400-AHA
USAID
Supreme Court

OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION TO VACATE ORDER
 
Case 1:25-cv-00400-AHA
USAID
Supreme Court

Brief of Amicus Curiae Jeremy Bates In Opposition to Application “To Vacate”
 
Case 1:25-cv-00587
Federal Elections Commission

COMPLAINT

 
Case 1:25-cv-00385-ABJ
DELLINGER v. BESSENT

MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
Case 1:25-cv-00385-ABJ
DELLINGER v. BESSENT

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STAY THE COURT’S ORDER PENDING APPEAL


MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STAY
 
Case 1:25-cv-00385-ABJ
DELLINGER v. BESSENT

MEMORANDUM OPINION
What is particularly relevant here is that the Supreme Court itself distinguished the OSC from the single-head agencies at issue in Seila Law, making the DoJ's argument particularly weak. It's also relevant that the statue was specifically modified to avoid this argument.
 
Case 1:25-cv-00412-RC
Illegal Termination - CATHY A. HARRIS

MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
Case 1:25-cv-00532
Freedom of the Press

AMENDED COMPLAINT
Epigraph:
“The AP and the White House Correspondents Association wanted to f--k around. Now it’s
finding out time.” - unnamed White House advisor, speaking to Axios, Feb. 25, 2025
PLAINTIFF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS’S AMENDED MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
 
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Case 1:25-cv-00381-ABJ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Document 56-1 Filed 03/04/25 Page 1 of 116
NOTICE of Filing by RUSSELL VOUGHT, CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU re Order, (Attachments: # 1 Internal CFPB E-mails, # 2 CFPB Enforcement Action Filings, # 3 CFPB-Dept of Ed MOU)(Holland, Liam) (Entered: 03/04/2025)
 
Case 1:25-cv-00400-AHA
USAID
Supreme Court

APPLICATION DENIED
DISSENTING
JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS, JUSTICE
GORSUCH, and JUSTICE KAVANAUGH join, dissenting from
the denial of the application to vacate order.
 
The absurdity of the dissent demonstrates a very disturbing confluence of anti- constitutionalism laid bare. I'll try to provide a more detailed dissection, if I get the chance.
 
Case 1:25-cv-00400-AHA & Case 1:25-cv-00402-AHA
USAID
Supreme Court
 
Case 1:25-cv-00605
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fort Worth v Kennedy HHS

COMPLAINT
NOTICE
To the best of the Administration for Children and Families
leadership’s knowledge, the Secretary did not post the Directive on the agency’s website and did
not provide a copy of the Directive to contractors, vendors, or grantees.
 
Case 1:25-cv-00164-JMC
DOGE

COMPLAINT
NOTICE OF NEW EVIDENCE
 
MILITARY COMMISSIONS TRIAL JUDICIARY GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
 
Case 8:25-cv-00462-TDC
Defendants: Elon Musk and DOGE
Plaintiffs: J. DOE 1-26

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Court finds Defendants unilateral actions to shut down USAID likely violated the United States Constituiion, the Motion will be GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED INN PART.
 
There are so many orders coming out, it's hard to keep up.
 
Trans service members:

Talbot v US


"The President has the power—indeed the obligation—to ensure military readiness. At times, however, leaders have used concern for military readiness to deny marginalized personsthe privilege of serving. “[Fill in the blank] is not fully capable and will hinder combat effectiveness; [fill in the blank] will disrupt unit cohesion and so diminish military effectiveness; allowing [fill in the blank] to serve will undermine training, make it impossible to recruit successfully, and disrupt military order.”3 First minorities, then women in combat, then gays filled in that blank. Today, however, our military is stronger and our Nation is safer for the millions of such blanks (and all other persons) who serve.4

Currently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Renewed Application for Preliminary Injunction. Dkt. 72 (App.). Plaintiffs, who are transgender, claim that EO14183 and the Hegseth Policy (together, the Military Ban) treats them as today’s “fill in the blank” group. Seeking nothing more than to serve their country, they ask the Court to enjoin the Military Ban. App. at 26. They claim that the Hegseth Policy was rushed and reached a preordained result, contains no analysis, and has an exemption in name only. Id. at 56. The Ban at bottom invokes derogatory language to target a vulnerable group in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Id. at 29, 35–37; see U.S. Const. amend. V."
 
Case 1:25-cv-00596-ELH
DOGE Access to Social Security Admin Records

MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
Case 1:25-cv-00596-ELH
DOGE Access to Social Security Admin Records

In response to Dudek's threat saying, “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here,” the judge has issued Letter to Counsel.

Letter to Counsel
Despite the informal nature of this letter, it is an Order of the Court and the Clerk is directedto docket it as such.
 
According to Rep. Raskin this morning, there are 125 filed cases and 50 court orders (TROs, Injunctions and appeal denials) already. That level of litigation is unprecedented, and the consistency of the losses is staggering. It's very difficult to keep up with.
 
Absolutely! I've found that I can't possibly post all the documents on these cases, so I'm only adding them when something in particular catches my eye.
 
The Just Security tracker: Total number of cases tracked: 135 (including 2 closed cases)

A quick synopsis of cases tracked by WaPo:


Transgender issues:
Ban on transgender troops: A federal judge in D.C. issued a preliminary injunction, finding the ban was unconstitutional.

Transfer of transgender prisoners: A federal judge in D.C. issued a preliminary injunction restricting the Federal Bureau of Prisons from carrying out the order.

Ban on gender-transition care for minors: Federal judges in Baltimore and Seattle have halted the orders, with one saying an abrupt disruption in care could be “horribly dangerous.”

Ban on transgender athletes in women and girls’ sports: A District Court judge (NH) has yet to act on the case.

Immigration:
Invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members: A federal judge in DC preliminary injunction the administration from using the act while the lawsuit proceeds, saying anyone deported could suffer “irreparable harm.” The government says it will appeal.

Deporting Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked Khalil’s deportation.

*Ban on birthright citizenship: Multiple District Courts. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit refused to clear the way for Trump’s order. *The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene. Issue on appeal - nation-wide application of order.

Ban on refugee admissions: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Trump’s executive order.

Ban on asylum: pending in federal court in D.C.

Expanding fast-track deportations: The case is pending in federal court in D.C.

Federal Workforce:
Firing of probationary workers: Federal judges in Maryland and San Francisco have ordered the administration to rehire thousands of probationary employees fired by OPM, and the government is appealing. A judge in D.C. took a different path, saying the firings must first be challenged before a federal labor board.

Firing commissioners, inspectors general without cause: Hampton Dellinger, director of the Office of Special Counsel, withdrew his bid for reinstatement. A federal judge in D.C. declined to immediately reinstate eight inspectors general while their lawsuit continues. Judges ordered Cathy Harris to remain in place as chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the independent agency that has the power to review government firings, and Gwynne Wilcox was reinstated to her job on the National Labor Relations Board.

Dismantling Voice of America, the Education Department, USAID and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the Trump administration from taking any further action to dismantle USAID. A federal judge in D.C. ordered the Trump officials to pay for foreign-aid work done by mid-February, but said the government can cancel future contracts so long as it spends the money allocated by Congress. A third judge in D.C. allowed the administration to put 2,100 USAID workers on leave. In a separate case, a judge temporarily blocked the administration from firing more employees from the CFPB.

Removing employment protections for civil servants (formerly known as Schedule F): A federal court in D.C. has yet to take action.

Resignation offer for federal workers: A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled unions did not have standing to sue and said the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.

More to follow.
 
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