In the federal courthouses across the country Thursday, the administration of President Donald Trump faced a series of legal setbacks to implement the president’s agenda.
On issues ranging from education and voting rights to congestion prices, the series of decisions and developments marked the last legal setbacks for an administration which fights against nearly 200 prosecution.
Three distinct judges – two of which were appointed by Trump – prevented the government from retaining federal funds from schools with Dei programs.
President Donald Trump is awaiting the arrival of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere at the White House in Washington on April 24, 2025.
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In California, a federal judge prohibited the Trump administration from reducing federal funding to the so-called sanctuary jurisdictions where local police refuses to help the application of the federal immigration policy.
After Trump tried to reshape the elections with a decree last month, a federal judge prevented the government from demanding proof of citizenship when registering to vote, claiming that only Congress has the power to establish such a change.
On immigration issues, the Trump administration is in hot water with several judges. A Boston judge examines if the Trump administration violated an order from the court when she withdrew four alleged members of Tren from Aragua in Salvador, and a Maryland judge appointed by the president ordered the return of a man expelled to El Salvador on Wednesday, the deportation of which violated a regulation of the court.
In New York, DOJ lawyers accidentally revealed an internal document recognizing the gaps in their plan to kill congestion prices.
Friday is expected to put a new legal problem in the foreground, with a federal judge in Boston who presents himself if the Trump administration attempts to dismantle the Ministry of Education are legal. The hearing will first mark that a federal judge has examined the issue since Trump published an executive decree last month, the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take action to shrink the department.
