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House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Challenges Trump’s Unlawful, Chaotic Imposition of IEEPA Tariffs
May 13, 2025
Press Release
Late Monday, House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force led 148 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic tariffs unlawfully imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Urges Supreme Court to Protect Constitution, Defend Birthright Citizenship
April 30, 2025
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This week, House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force elevated their fight against the Trump Administration’s illegal attacks on the constitutional principle of birthright citizenship to the highest court in the land—filing an amicus brief for the  three birthright citizenship cases currently before the United States Supreme Court (Trump v. State of Washington, Trump v. CASA, Inc., and Trump v. State of New Jersey).
House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Defends Department of Education in Court
April 24, 2025
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The Litigation 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.
Congressional Democrats Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks On The Ftc And Independent Agencies
April 14, 2025
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Today, Senate and House Democrats filed an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
200+ House Democrats File Amicus Brief Against Unconstitutional Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
April 11, 2025
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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.
Congressional Democrats Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks on Independent Worker Protection Agencies
April 9, 2025
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Today, House and Senate Democratic Leadership filed an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump’s unlawful attempts to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
Task Force Chair Champions Effort to Reinstate and Ensure Back Pay for Illegally Terminated Federal Workers
April 8, 2025
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Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse, Chair of the Litigation Task Force, issued the following statement in support of Task Force member Rep. LaMonica McIver’s effort to reinstate federal employees who were unjustly fired by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s “DOGE” initiative which enacted mass terminations at critical agencies.
House Democrats Defend Congress’s Article I Powers, Slam Unlawful and Dangerous Shuttering of USAID
March 31, 2025
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Washington, D.C. — Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Litigation Task Force, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Gregory Meeks, and the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee for National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, Rep.
House Leaders Cheer Successful Effort to Defend American Consumers and the CFPB in Court
March 28, 2025
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Washington, D.C. — Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Leaders of the Litigation Task Force, along with Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (CA-43), issued the following statement after a federal judge blocked efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): 

Task Force Fights Back Against Attacks on CFPB and Moves to Defend American Consumers in Court
February 28, 2025
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Washington, D.C. — Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (CA-43) in conjunction with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Assistant Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and the Litigation Task Force, led an amicus brief joined by 203 House Democrats in defense of American consumers and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the matter of National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), et al. v.