Restoring transparency to OMB apportionment decisions
Protect Democracy is suing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Director Russell Vought for violating a law that requires public disclosure of “apportionments.”
April 14, 2025
Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya file motion for summary judgment in suit against Trump administration
FTC Commissioners File Motion for Summary Judgment in Suit Against Trump Administration
April 11, 2025
Challenging politically-driven attacks on science and medical research
Protect Democracy is challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of $400 million in federal funding.
April 4, 2025
Former DOJ officials condemn Trump’s abuses of power and assault on legal independence
Nonpartisan civil service signatories warn that attacks on law firms and lawyers undermine the rule of law and call on the legal community to stand up for constitutional principles.
March 31, 2025
Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya sue Trump administration for attempted illegal firings
The Trump administration this month attempted to fire Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya, without cause, before their Senate-confirmed terms were up.
March 27, 2025
Fighting the consolidation of power and illegal FTC purge
The lawsuit argues that the president’s actions are illegal and violate long-standing legal protections for independent agencies like the FTC and the Federal Reserve.
March 27, 2025
Supporting a bipartisan group of former FCC Commissioners and Chairs in opposing the FCC’s suppression of speech
Protect Democracy submitted comments to the FCC on behalf of a bipartisan group of former FCC Commissioners and Chairs in opposing the FCC's suppression of speech.
March 27, 2025
Faculty unions sue Trump Administration: No halting science research to suppress speech
The faculty and national labor unions allege that the Trump administration improperly canceled Columbia University’s federal funding to compel speech restrictions on campus
March 25, 2025
Stopping the Trump administration’s use of funding cuts to coerce speech restrictions at universities
Protect Democracy is challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of $400 million in federal funding.
March 25, 2025
Federal Court issues order stopping DOGE from accessing private data at three federal agencies
Federal Court issues order stopping DOGE from accessing private data at three federal agencies
March 24, 2025