How Love Wins This Week (Mar 29, 2025)
Hard Wins: Cases won, orders issued, legislation passed, etc.
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries with which they had no relationship without a hearing . US judge blocks Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations [Reuters]
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordering all terminated employees to be reinstated. Federal judge prevents Trump administration from dismantling CFPB [NPR]
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from cutting off funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, holding that the executive branch can’t override Congressional directive. Judge freezes Trump plan to dismantle Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [NPR]; Trump administration backs down in legal fight to shutter Radio Free Europe [The Independent]
- Similarly, Judge grants an initial restraining order to protect Voice of America [CNN] -- holding that the attempt to shutter the agency “is usurping Congress’s power of the purse and its legislative supremacy”
- In back-to-back rulings, federal judges rule against Trump orders targeting law firms [NPR]; Federal judges temporarily block Trump’s executive orders targeting two major law firms [The Hill]
- A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders [AP] -- Specifically, the Department of Labor is enjoined from requiring federal contractors or grant recipients to certify that they don’t operate any programs in violation of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders.
- Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military [AP]
- Judge Blocks Texas A&M Drag Ban: Trump Executive Orders "Cannot Override" First Amendment [Erin In the Morning]
- Maine school officials won’t comply with Trump administration agreement to bar transgender athletes [AP]
- Appeals court refuses to halt an order for the rehiring of thousands of fired federal workers [AP]
- Appeals court won’t lift order that barred Trump administration from deportations under wartime law [AP]
- In a win for gun regulation, Supreme Court upholds Biden regulations on 'ghost gun' kits [NBC]
- Supreme Court declines Steve Wynn’s bid to loosen libel standard [The Hill]
Soft Wins: Cases filed, legislation introduced, etc.
Fighting the Good Fight: Protests, unofficial actions, and inspiration
- A federal judge pushes back against criticism from the Trump administration: Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to ‘impugn the integrity’ of US judicial system [AP]
- NY county clerk refuses to file Texas’ fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills [AP] -- Simple but strong words from the clerk: “In accordance with the New York State Shield Law, I have refused this filing and will refuse any similar filings that may come to our office."
- New Poll Shows Massive Opposition To The Active US Government Censorship Of Trans People [Erin In the Morning]
- An interesting read in this extremely polarized moment we're living in, to see that bipartisanship is not dead: How Congress Breaks with Trump in Quiet Ways [Wake Up to Politics]
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