Trump’s funding freeze violated separation of powers, judge rules

 

Thursday, March 6 Trump’s funding freeze violated separation of powers, judge rules In the challenge brought by 23 Democratic attorneys general, a federal judge said the Trump administration’s freezing of congressionally allocated federal funds is unconstitutional and violates Congress’s power of the purse. And, Trump violated federal law in removing labor board chair A D.C. federal judge ruled President Donald Trump’s firing of Gwynne Wilcox, chair of the National Labor Relations Board, was illegal. This marks the most recent ruling against Trump's unlawful terminations. A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR The Trump administration is giving DOGE unrestricted access to Americans’ personal data, including our finances, health records, and social security data. This leaves every one of us vulnerable to data breaches, mass surveillance, politically motivated attacks, and worse. Join the ACLU in demanding that Congress act now to stop DOGE from violating our privacy. Federal watchdog head drops lawsuit challenging his dismissal Hampton Dellinger, the head of a federal watchdog agency, dropped the lawsuit challenging his removal by Trump. A lower court ruled last week that Trump unlawfully fired Dellinger, but yesterday, an appeals court allowed the termination to move forward. One of the smallest U.S. agencies sues to block DOGE from shutting it down The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) filed a lawsuit with Democracy Forward to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from shutting it down. The lawsuit alleged DOGE staffers first gained access to USADF under the false pretenses of updating the agency’s computer systems. After USADF learned DOGE instead intended to shut down the agency, it cut the agency’s access to its headquarters. A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR The so called Department of Government Efficiency is composed of unvetted outsiders who have forced their way into the government’s most protected systems without care or consideration for the safeguards created by Congress to keep our data safe. Join the ACLU in calling on Congress to step up and check the president’s violations of our rights. Arizona court revives RNC challenge to election procedures manual The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision dismissing a Republican attempt to invalidate the 2023 Election Procedures Manual (EPM), which governs how elections are run in the state. The case now returns to the trial court for further proceedings. Trump plans order to take over USPS, threatening mail voting Trump is considering an executive order to dissolve the leadership of the United States Postal Service and absorb the independent agency into his administration. Marc Elias explains in a new video why, as Democracy Docket has reported, this would be a major threat to mail-in voting.