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FORMER REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO KEEP STATE SUPREME COURT ELECTION CASE IN FEDERAL COURT

Press Release | January 17, 2025

Former republican and democratic members of congress urge Fourth Circuit court of appeals to keep state Supreme Court election case in federal court.

UNION, CONSUMER ADVOCATES AND DEMOCRACY WATCHDOG GROUP SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER DOGE

Press Release | January 20, 2025

Nonprofit Groups file a lawsuit to ensure that the “Department of Government Efficiency” complies with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS ADVOCATES SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER

Press Release | January 20, 2025

New order puts newborns in harm’s way, is unconstitutional, and flouts fundamental American values.

ADVOCACY GROUPS, UNIONS SUE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OVER ILLEGAL DOGE DATA ACCESS

Press Release | February 3, 2025

“The scale of the intrusion into individuals’ privacy is massive and unprecedented,” the complaint states.

DEMOCRACY WATCHDOG GROUP AND ADVOCATES SEEK EMERGENCY ORDER TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF THE NAMES OF ANY TERMINATED FBI EMPLOYEES

Press Release | February 4, 2025

Today, SDDF and a group of legal advocates dedicated to maintaining the rule of law filed for an emergency order to block the public release of the names of any FBI employees who are poised to be fired.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SUE TO BLOCK DOGE FROM ILLEGALLY ACCESSING AMERICANS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION

Press Release | February 11, 2025

The complaint alleges both Musk and DOGE accessed the highly sensitive personal information of current and former government employees, government contractors, applicants for federal employment, and many others.

FEDERAL COURT BLOCKS TRUMP BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER

Press Release | February 10, 2025

A federal court in New Hampshire today blocked President Trump’s executive order that seeks to strip certain babies born in the United States of their U.S. citizenship.

PROMINENT REPUBLICAN LEGAL EXPERTS AND FORMER OFFICIALS BACK FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN COURT BATTLE AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S “FORK IN THE ROAD” INITIATIVE

Press Release | February 10, 2025

Approximately two million federal employees were offered the chance to resign by last Thursday. The brief supports the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order.

Ethics Experts Urge DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility to Investigate US Attorney Ed Martin

Press Release | February 8, 2025

Martin has sought dismissal in at least one case in which his own private sector client had already been convicted of serious felonies committed during the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

NEW COURT ORDER WILL PROTECT FBI AGENTS’ RIGHT TO PRIVACY

Press Release | February 7, 2025

Consent order blocks the Department of Justice from making public the names of FBI personnel involved in the lawful investigation and subsequent prosecution of January 6th rioters.

NEW INTERIM ORDER LOCKS ELON MUSK OUT OF THE U.S. TREASURY

Press Release | February 6, 2025​

Interim court order restricts Treasury data access to select government employees.

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