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Mary Comans Wins Landmark Verdict Against Trump Administration for Unlawful Firing
Former FEMA Chief Financial Officer Mary Comans secured a significant victory in her lawsuit challenging her unlawful termination by the Trump administration.
Opposition Coalition Applauds Action by 12 State Attorneys General to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
The Block the Merger coalition applauds California Attorney General Rob Bonta for leading a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, including Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington, to take crucial action to investigate and block the dangerous Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The suit charges that combining two of the largest media and entertainment companies in the United States would substantially weaken competition, reduce jobs and wages for film and television workers, raise prices for consumers, and concentrate control over what Americans watch in fewer hands than at any point in the modern history of the industry.
Statement From Counsel on Davey Hearn Arraignment
Following today’s arraignment of Davey Hearn, counsel for the Olympian, including Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), co-founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, and Mary Dohrmann, senior counsel at Washington Litigation Group, issued the following statement:
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Mary Comans Wins Landmark Verdict Against Trump Administration for Unlawful Firing
Former FEMA Chief Financial Officer Mary Comans secured a significant victory in her lawsuit challenging her unlawful termination by the Trump administration.
Opposition Coalition Applauds Action by 12 State Attorneys General to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
The Block the Merger coalition applauds California Attorney General Rob Bonta for leading a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, including Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington, to take crucial action to investigate and block the dangerous Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The suit charges that combining two of the largest media and entertainment companies in the United States would substantially weaken competition, reduce jobs and wages for film and television workers, raise prices for consumers, and concentrate control over what Americans watch in fewer hands than at any point in the modern history of the industry.
Statement From Counsel on Davey Hearn Arraignment
Following today’s arraignment of Davey Hearn, counsel for the Olympian, including Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), co-founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, and Mary Dohrmann, senior counsel at Washington Litigation Group, issued the following statement:
Counsel for Olympian Davey Hearn Condemn His Indictment by the Department of Justice
In response to the indictment of Davey Hearn, counsel for the Olympian, including Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), co-founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, and Mary Dohrmann, senior counsel at Washington Litigation Group, issued the following statement
Labor Unions, Nonprofits, Cities, and Counties Seek Injunction to Stop Impending U.S. Department of Agriculture Reorganization
A broad coalition of nationwide labor unions, non-profit organizations, and cities and counties from across the country moved for injunctive relief in their challenge to the massive Trump-Vance administration effort to unlawfully reorganize the federal government, reduce the government workforce, and harm the government’s ability to deliver vital services to families across the country. This action is necessary to prevent mass staff departures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, represented by plaintiffs Unions American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, that would leave the department unable to fulfill its essential functions.
Groups Representing Plaintiffs Respond to Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Ruling
In a major victory, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of New Hampshire, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus, and the Democracy Defenders Fund brought the successful challenge in Trump v. Barbara on behalf of children who would have been denied citizenship under the order.
Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Trump v. Cook
Following are statements from Democracy Defenders Fund, Lisa Cook, and Lowell & Associates PLLC, regarding today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Cook.
Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Watson v. RNC
Following are statements from Democracy Defenders Fund regarding today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Watson v. Republican National Committee. The organization submitted an amicus brief in the case on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens in January. The brief argues that the states, not the federal government, set election law, and that it would harm LULAC members, and voters across the country, if ballots were required to be received by Election Day.
OPM Must Abandon Plan for Unlawful NDA Requirements for Government Employees
Today, Democracy Defenders Fund filed a comment letter with the Office of Personnel Management, requesting the withdrawal of a proposed government-wide non-disclosure agreement, a move that could chill whistleblowers and others from exposing government wrongdoing.
DDF Urges Polish Government to Scrutinize Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Over Threat to TVN and Polish Media Independence
On Friday, June 19, Democracy Defenders Fund sent a letter to the prime minister of Poland and four Polish regulatory authorities, urging coordinated scrutiny of the pending Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
Todd Blanche Must Be Held Accountable for Pattern of Serious Ethical Misconduct
In a comprehensive letter to the New York State Bar, DDF, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, and a bipartisan group of former federal and state judges call for an ethics investigation into acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Democracy Defenders Fund: Todd Blanche Must Not Be Allowed to Review Complaints Against Himself
Today, Democracy Defenders Fund called for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's recusal from the development of a proposed DOJ rule that would give the attorney general expanded power to review state bar ethics complaints against current or former DOJ lawyers, including those made against Blanche himself.