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Washington, D.C. - The Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force led 192 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration's efforts to close the Department of Education in the matter of the State of New York v. Linda McMahon. A case in which 20 states moved to sue the administration for its plans to place fifty percent of the Department's workforce on administrative leave, effectively shuttering a congressionally authorized agency by way of executive fiat.
Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump's presidential memorandum to the Department of Justice (DOJ) targeting ActBlue, an online platform utilized by Americans to support Democratic campaigns at all levels of government:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide details on the threatened use of armed Special Deputy U.S.
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2025)- Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are pressing five top law firms for answers regarding their capitulation to President Donald Trump through deals made with him in order to avoid executive orders targeting firms for representing clients and hiring lawyers President Trump dislikes.
Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2025)- Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.
Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2025)-Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement addressing concerns that President Donald Trump may invoke the Insurrection Act as part of his administration's escalating campaign against immigrants and U.S. citizens alike:
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House and Senate Democrats filed an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump's unlawful attempt to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are duly appointed, Senate-confirmed Commissioners at an independent federal agency created by Congress.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Democrats continued their efforts to push back against President Donald Trump's unlawful executive directives by filing an amicus brief in defense of the essential constitutional principle of birthright citizenship in the matter of State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al.