The Shadow Docket's Role in Emergency Rulings

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s new term, he issued hundreds of executive actions and his administration implemented sweeping changes to the federal government.

Changes to federal grant funding, DEI policies, the federal workforce were all met with fierce resistance and legal challenges, totaling more than 350 lawsuits so far. Judges across the country are also mulling whether Trump’s attempt to change birthright citizenship and his deployment of ICE agents for mass deportations are legal.

The administration has spent a lot of time defending its policy actions in court. We get up to speed on their record over the past year.

How successful has the administration been in the courts? And what cases from 2025 remain up in the air?

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