Rule-of-law wins: overview and tone

OA1214 - As the end of 2025 approaches, we are finding real cause for hope in how federal courts have been handling the Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on the rule of law. In the first of what will be at least two parts, Matt and Thomas speedrun through just a few of the many wins--both big and small--that we have seen in a wide range of categories.

1. Just Security’s Litigation Tracker 

2. Farewell Messages by Recent DOJ Alumni

3. “The Unraveling of the Justice Department,” Emily Bazelon, The New York Times (11/16/25)

4. Docket for J.G.G. v. Trump (Alien Enemies Act and related contempt litigation)

5. Judge William Young’s decision in AAUP v. Rubio (9/30/25)

6. Injunction blocking Trump asylum EO in RAICES v. Noem (7/2/25) 

7. Injunction blocking ICE from enforcement in certain churches in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting v. Noem (2/24/25)

8. Injunction in Center for Taxpayer Rights v. IRSblocking IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE (11/21/25)

9. Injunction in Rhode Island v. Trump blocking EO which would have dismantled the Institute for Museums and Libraries and several other federal agencies (11/21/25)

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