Litigation
A coalition of civil servants across nine federal agencies has filed a formal complaint with the Office of Special Counsel, alleging the Trump administration terminated them solely because of their probationary status rather than their performance or conduct.
Higher Education Officials, Restaurant Workers, City of Baltimore Challenge Trump Administration's Violation of Free Speech Protections, Separation of Powers In Suit to Block Anti-DEIA Executive Orders
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National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, American Association of University Professors, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, and the City of Baltimore File Federal Suit
Suit Alleges New Orders Exceed President’s Authority and Violate the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education; American Association of University Professors; Restaurant Opportunities Centers United; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland; Plaintiffs v. Donald J. Trump
The 40-page federal lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, is the first such challenge to the sweeping orders issued in the first days of the new administration. The edicts to end “illegal discrimination” and “wasteful government DEI programs” have already resulted in widespread purges of federal workers.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs File Lawsuit on Behalf of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates Over Unconstitutional Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
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WASHINGTON, DC – Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC), and OCA -Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) announced today a new lawsuit challenging President Trump’s authority to unilaterally strip citizenship from babies born in the U.S. to parents who are here on temporary visas or are undocumented. The lawsuit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
On his first day in office, Defendant President Trump moved to unilaterally end birthright citizenship by edict, eviscerating the rights of children and more than a century of settled law. His Executive Order entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” (the “Order”) directs every department and agency of the United States to refuse to recognize as an American citizen any child born on American soil whose mother is “unlawfully present” or temporarily present and whose father who is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (hereinafter, “Targeted Children”).
Amidst President Trump’s Two-Day Assault of Executive Orders, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Reiterates Community Support
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Immediately upon taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders (“E.O.”) and proclamations, several of which threaten the immigration status, civil rights and human rights of Asian Americans and other communities. Additionally, the President rescinded a number of prior executive efforts to advance and protect equity, access to truth and ability to participate in civic engagement. Of the numerous rescissions and in a direct denial of our communities, President Trump rescinded E.O.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and the Fred T. Korematsu Center File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Consider Potential Discrimination in Hearings for TikTok Ban
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On December 27, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality filed an amicus brief2 ahead of today’s United States Supreme Court hearings in the cases of TikTok, Inc. v.
Civil Rights Groups Pleased by Supreme Court Decision Rejecting Challenge to Race-Neutral Admissions
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – For a second time this year, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to take up a case that sought to undo public school districts’ efforts to expand educational opportunity to Black and Latino students who are chronically under-identified and under-represented in the nation’s highly selective publicly funded high schools.
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