Judge blocks executive order targeting law firm for election work

 

Wednesday, March 12 Here are the facts: The Trump administration is working overtime to chip away at our democratic freedoms. Help support our pro-democracy news outlet as we strive to hold Trump accountable — become a premium member for $120/year and join us in the fight for a stronger, more transparent democracy. Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting law firm for election work A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie* for its election work representing his political opponents. The judge called the order “retaliatory in nature.” The firm sued Trump yesterday over the executive order, calling it “an affront to the Constitution and our adversarial system of justice.” Alternative proposed to defunded national election security program In the wake of the downfall of cybersecurity watchdog CISA, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) plans to launch an alternative program aimed at safeguarding elections. A memo from Fontes’s office describing the plan was obtained by Democracy Docket. Judge allows Trump to dismiss head of one of the smallest U.S. agencies A D.C. federal judge allowed Trump to fire the head of the U.S. African Development Foundation, one of the smallest federal agencies. However, the judge ruled that Trump likely lacks authority to install a State Department official to lead the agency. Trump quietly made 3 chilling moves against reproductive freedom Last week, the Trump administration quietly made three moves to restrict reproductive healthcare — all of which were ripped from the pages of Project 2025. Democracy Docket contributor Susan Rinkunas explains. Hearing coming up tomorrow A federal court in Florida will consider a lawsuit challenging the state's Senate districts. A group of voters allege that the map is racially gerrymandered to pack Black voters in the Tampa Bay area into one district to diminish their voting power. *Disclosure: Democracy Docket Founder Marc Elias served as chair of the Political Law Group at Perkins Coie until 2021, and played a role in some of the work that the White House has cited as justification for its executive order.