Twenty Democratic attorneys general have sued the Trump administration in federal court and filed for a temporary restraining order against nearly two dozen federal agencies, arguing that the mass layoffs of thousands of federal probationary employees in recent weeks were conducted illegally.

Included in the lawsuit are Maryland, Minnesota, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin, as well as the District of Columbia.

This is a separate lawsuit from the one 19 state attorney generals sued over Treasury data on 2/8/2025.

This is also separate from the lawsuit filed by 22 states over cuts Medical Research Funding (NIH). (2/11/2025)

And, separately, there is the lawsuit where 14 states sue over Musk's unconstitutional power. (2/13/2025)

We are in a crisis. Many thanks to the states standing up for the American people. What will it finally take to end this destruction of the U.S. government?