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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.
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.
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.
