Trump Action Archive

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• Former judges urge Senate to reject Emil Bove nomination — A group of more than 75 former federal and state judges urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Trump's nomination of Emil Bove to serve as a federal appeals court judge, writing that his "egregious record of mistreating law enforcement officers, abusing power, and disregarding the law itself disqualifies him for this position."
• Senate confirms Anthony Tata as Pentagon undersecretary — The Senate voted to confirm Anthony Tata to serve as the Pentagon's undersecretary for personnel and readiness. Tata, a former Fox commentator, once called Barack Obama a "terrorist leader" and spread conspiracy theories that a former CIA director tried to overthrow Trump during his first term and even have him assassinated.
• Senate Judiciary Committee advances Emil Bove nomination to federal appeals court despite Democratic walkout — The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Emil Bove's nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on July 18, 2025, clearing the way for a full Senate confirmation vote. Bove, a former Trump defense attorney and DOJ official, faced opposition from Democrats over allegations by whistleblower Erez Reuveni that Bove advocated ignoring court orders, and over his role in firing January 6 prosecutors. Democrats walked out in protest after Republicans refused to call Reuveni as a witness and rejected a motion to delay the vote.

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• Supreme Court grants stay on Education Department layoff order — The Supreme Court's right-wing majority granted a stay on a lower court order blocking the Trump administration from gutting the Department of Education while litigation proceeds. Federal Judge Myong Joun had ordered reinstatement of 1,378 fired workers after nineteen states and D.C. sued to stop the layoffs. The stay permits the layoffs to continue. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented, arguing the majority enabled executive defiance of law and violated separation of powers.
• Preliminary injunction ruling — Somerville Public Schools v. Trump (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10677 — The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to grant a stay of a preliminary injunction that had blocked the administration's plans to dismantle the Department of Education and fire thousands of department employees. The majority did not provide any reasoning. In dissent , Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, warned that the Court's order enables the executive branch to functionally “abolish” an entire department “by executive fiat.”
• Preliminary injunction ruling — State of New York v. McMahon (D. Mass.) 1:25-cv-10601 — The Supreme Court granted the federal government's request for a stay in the case of McMahon v. New York. This decision temporarily allows the Department of Education to proceed with a reduction in force that impacts nearly 50% of its workforce, approximately 1,378 employees. The stay was granted in a 6-3 decision, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting. The case was initially brought by twenty states and the District of Columbia, challenging the reduction in force as unlawful.
• Supreme Court Grants Stay in McMahon v. New York — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from the Trump administration, allowing it to move forward with gutting the Department of Education by firing nearly half of the agency's workforce. The decision bypassed lower-court review and normal appellate procedures.
• Supreme Court grants emergency appeal allowing Department of Education workforce cuts

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• Trump administration fires 15 immigration judges — NPR reported that the Trump administration fired 15 immigration judges last week and two more on Monday, July 14, despite the GOP tax and spending bill allocating an additional $3 billion in immigration-related funding to the Justice Department, including funds to hire about 100 more immigration judges.