Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
The legal clashes over President Trump’s blizzard of executive actions are intensifying, with new lawsuits and fresh rulings emerging day and night.
As of May 30, at least 182 of those rulings have at least temporarily paused some of the administration’s initiatives.
The dozens of lawsuits fall into these categories.
Upon returning to office, President Trump said he was revoking several Biden-era environmental policies, including protections against drilling in certain areas along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and in the Arctic.
- Appeal · May 22 The Sustainability Institute v. Trump
A federal judge in South Carolina ordered the Trump administration to restore 32 frozen grants totaling more than $170 million in an order signed on May 20. A coalition of nonprofits and six cities had sued over the funding, which was slated for projects like energy-efficient housing and farm aid. The administration has appealed the decision.
- New York v. Trump
On the first day of his second term, President Trump issued a memorandum that would halt all leasing of federal lands and waters for new wind farms pending a government review, and direct federal agencies to stop issuing permits for all wind farms. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued, saying the order was outside the president’s authority and contrary to existing laws such as the Clean Air Act.
- State of Washington v. Trump
- State of Washington v. U.S. Department Of Transportation
- Lighthiser v. Trump
- Kapa’a, Conservation Council for Hawaii v. Trump
- Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Transportation
- Power Forward Communities v. Citibank, N.A.
- Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Interior
- Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. U.S.D.A.
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York v. U.S.D.A.
- Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump