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From trying to unilaterally reinterpret the Constitution to attempting to usurp states’ authority over elections, President Trump’s relentless, extreme attacks on our democracy have generated an avalanche of legal challenges. Here are the crucial legal challenges to Trump we’re watching closely in the new year.
Days after federal judges disqualified Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan from acting U.S. attorney positions, the Justice Department continues to claim they are the top federal prosecutors in New Jersey and Virginia.
As Donald Trump sat down for Thanksgiving dinner at Mar-a-Lago, he had few reasons to give thanks. After less than a year spent destroying the federal government, sending troops into Democratic-led cities, violating the rights of immigrants and trying to rig the 2026 elections, momentum is no longer on his side.
Just two months after Trump publicly ordered Attorney General Bondi to target a slew of his perceived enemies, the Justice Department’s efforts to go after them may be crumbling.
Trump has installed election deniers and conspiracy theorists all over his administration — from the DOJ and DHS to Voice of America.
President Trump has attempted to deploy soldiers into at least five major Democratic-led U.S. cities. Stemming from his long desire to deploy the military internally, his snap mobilizations blatantly violate the country’s longstanding democratic practice of constraining the use of soldiers to enforce federal law.
There was a time, not very long ago, when it would be highly unusual for any Department of Justice lawyer, let alone the assistant attorney general for civil rights, to have a catchphrase. But Harmeet Dhillon does: FAFO. It’s shorthand for “F*** Around and Find Out.” Before her government appointment, Dhillon would often tweet the […]
Some of the largest law firms in the U.S. are telling clients to prepare for possible politically motivated governmental probes stemming from President Trump’s new national security directive on domestic terrorism.
President Trump doubled down on his dangerous drive for authoritarian powers this week even as it continues to generate harsh criticism from Americans.
Some worry the trove of voter data could offer a goldmine of misleading evidence to allow the Trump administration to super-charge its false narrative about rampant illegal voting.
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