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A United States federal statute that governs the way in which administrative agencies of the federal government of the United States may propose and establish regulations.
sued to stop construction of ’s White House ballroom, alleging the administration began demolition and work without legally mandated reviews, public input or congressional authorization and thereby vi...
The ’s most consequential change since 2024 is its June 27, 2025 decision in v. , which the Court held substantially curtails the ability of lower federal courts to issue “universal” or nationwide inj...
Federal judges since 2024 have both constrained and scrutinized ICE’s renewed practice of arresting people at immigration courthouses, issuing regional injunctions and detailed rulings that find const...
Multiple coordinated lawsuits—brought by , and St. Paul, and individual Minnesotans—challenge on constitutional and statutory grounds, and courts have produced a mix of emergency relief, partial injun...
created a temporary, discretionary shield from deportation and work-authorization for eligible young people starting in 2012, changing how many undocumented immigrants could avoid removal without goin...
, joined by and , has sued seeking to stop “,” arguing the deployment of thousands of DHS agents is unconstitutional, unlawful and has caused measurable public-harm in . The complaint advances claims ...
The June 3–5, 2024 and matching / interim final rule (IFR) triggered immediate lawsuits arguing the measures unlawfully bar asylum for people who cross between ports of entry, exceed presidential stat...
Since 2004 moved from a narrow border tool into a broader enforcement mechanism—first by extending it to apprehensions within 100 miles and then later by designations that sought nationwide applicatio...
The Supreme Court treated the citizenship-question fight as a mixed legal outcome: it recognized the Secretary of Commerce’s statutory authority to ask about citizenship but blocked the specific 2020 ...
The Constitution constrains , , and agency rulemaking through a mix of textual limits (Article I and II), statutory delegation and appropriations, , and administrative law procedures; executive instru...
Federal courts have repeatedly checked the ’s attempts to end (TPS) for and , finding multiple agency actions unlawful under the and beyond the Secretary’s statutory authority, even as interim stays a...
did not issue a broad, substantive ruling that affirmatively gives carte blanche to use the 1798 to deport noncitizens; instead, in a 5–4 unsigned decision the Court vacated lower-court injunctions th...
The 2018 Treasury/ eliminated the requirement that most tax‑exempt organizations outside of 501(c) charities and 527 political groups report donor names and addresses on Schedule B of Form 990, shifti...
Courts treated many regulatory rollbacks far less favorably than prior administrations saw for agency actions: detailed trackers show the first Trump administration prevailed in only about 22–23 perce...
The secured by 20 states have materially narrowed how the can share Medicaid data with the , blocking broad transfers and use of sensitive health and mixed‑status household data while permitting limit...
Federal courts have repeatedly used preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders to limit federal agents’ tactics at protests—narrowly tailored orders that bar arrests, detentions, or use ...
City and state plaintiffs have won or obtained injunctions against federal attempts to withhold funds by framing their claims around separation of powers and Spending Clause limits, alleging executive...
Yes — retired officers have sometimes prevailed in federal litigation challenging retirement‑grade reductions, usually not by securing an across‑the‑board rule against the practice but by persuading c...
Yes — preservation groups have brought legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s recent alterations to the White House, most notably a lawsuit seeking to halt demolition and construction tied to a ...
Two tracks dominate the legal battlefield when an administration issues sweeping executive orders or removes inspectors general: courts and Congress. Litigants commonly pursue injunctive and declarato...