The Maryland Attorney General's Office is working hard to protect Maryland residents from the harmful actions of the Trump administration. Among other actions, Maryland – as lead plaintiff – is spearheading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in challenging unlawful mass layoffs of thousands of federal probationary employees, terminations that are draining state resources and threatening our economy. Maryland has also joined other multistate lawsuits to challenge the administration's harmful policies, including the dismantling of the Department of Education, freezes on essential federal funds and cuts to medical research, the unlawful acts of Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and President Trump's attempt to overturn the Fourteenth Amendment and end birthright citizenship.
If the Trump administration continues to take actions that hurt our State and its residents, our Office will stand up for Marylanders and challenge those actions in court.
State of Maryland, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 3/6/2025 – United States District Court for District of Maryland) – Our office is leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in challenging the mass layoffs of federal probationary employees by numerous federal agencies. These mass firings are causing irreparable burdens and expenses on Maryland and the plaintiff states that joined our lawsuit. These states must now support large numbers of unemployed federal workers whose lives have been upended by the administration's unlawful actions.
State of California, et al. v. United States Department of Education, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 3/6/2025 – United States District Court for District of Massachusetts) – This lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's unlawful halting of grant funding for K-12 teacher preparation programs that are designed to create a pipeline for teachers who serve rural and urban communities and fill harder-to-fill teacher positions like math and science.
State of New York, et al. v. Linda McMahon, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 3/13/2025 – United States District Court for District of Massachusetts) – Our office is suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education (ED). On March 11, the Trump administration announced that the ED would fire approximately 50 percent of its workforce as part of its goal of a “total shutdown." The lawsuit seeks to stop the targeted destruction of this critical federal agency that helps to protect the rights of Maryland students and their families and provides vital resources to educators and schools in Maryland.
State of New York, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 4/10/2025 – United States District Court for Southern District of New York) –This lawsuit sues the Trump administration to restore Maryland's access to approximately $250 million in federal support from the Education Stabilization Fund, which Congress established to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students.
State of New York, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 4/25/2025 – United States District Court for Massachusetts) – In this lawsuit, our office is challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-12 classrooms across the nation.
State of New Jersey, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 1/21/2025 – United States District Court for District of Massachusetts) – This lawsuit challenges the executive order effectively ending birthright citizenship. This order violates fundamental and longstanding constitutional rights, to which all children born in the U.S. are entitled.
State of New York, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 1/28/2025 – United States District Court for District of Rhode Island) – Our office sued the Trump administration to stop the implementation of a new policy that seeks to freeze huge amounts of federal payments and grants, amounting to trillions of dollars in funding, on which every state in the country relies to provide essential services to millions of Americans.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. National Institutes of Health (Lawsuit – Filed 2/10/2025 – United States District Court for District of Massachusetts) – Our office sued the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health for unlawfully cutting funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country.
Colorado v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Lawsuit – Filed 4/1/2025 – U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island) – Our office filed suit to challenge the abrupt termination of $11 billion in federal public health funding by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the plaintiff states.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. Robert Kennedy, Jr., et. al. (Lawsuit – Filed 04/4/2025 – United States District Court for District of Massachusetts) – The lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's unreasonable and intentional delays in reviewing National Institutes of Health grant applications, as well as its termination of hundreds of already-issued grants.
PFLAG, Inc., et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (Maryland-led Amicus Brief – Filed 2/21/2025 – United States District Court for District of Maryland) – On February 4, 2025, PFLAG challenged President Trump's Executive Orders 14168 and 14187, which target transgender individuals by stating that gender identity was a “false" idea and by attempting to strip federal funding from institutions that provide life-saving gender affirming care for young people under the age of 19. Our office co-led an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in support of the plaintiffs, demonstrating that this action blatantly and unlawfully discriminates against transgender youth.
State of New York, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 2/7/2025 – United States District Court for District of New York) – This lawsuit claims that the Trump administration illegally provided Elon Musk and the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)" unauthorized access to the Treasury Department's central payment system, and therefore to Americans' most sensitive personal information, including bank account details and Social Security numbers.
State of New Mexico, et al., v. Elon Musk, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 2/13/2025 – United States District Court for District of Columbia) – This lawsuit argues that President Trump has violated the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution by creating a new federal department without Congressional approval and by granting Elon Musk sweeping powers over the entire federal government without seeking the advice and consent of the Senate.
State of Rhode Island, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 4/4/2025 – United States District Court for District of Rhode Island) – Our office has sued the Trump administration to stop the unauthorized dismantling of three federal agencies: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (which provides millions of dollars to museums, libraries, and universities nationwide), the Minority Business Development Agency (which promotes the growth and inclusion of small businesses in historically underserved communities), and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (which facilitates the peaceful resolution of labor disputes).
State of California, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (Lawsuit – Filed 4/3/2025 – United States District Court for District of Massachusetts) – This lawsuit against President Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the federal Election Assistance Commission, and other administration officials argues that Trump's Executive Order No. 14248 (the Elections Executive Order) is an unconstitutional attempt to impose sweeping voting restrictions across the country.
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