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Litigation and Amicus Briefs on Abuses of Executive Power

The Brennan Center and other key voices are addressing executive overreach in the courts.

August 13, 2025
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August 13, 2025

Alien Enemies Act

Brennan Center Briefs

W.M.M. v. Trump
in partnership with the Cato Institute and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP in the Fifth Circuit
November 14, 2025
in partnership with the Cato Institute
June 2, 2025

Arrests in Courthouses

Brennan Center Briefs

United States v. State of New York
in partnership with Levine Lee LLP
August 7, 2025

Birthright Citizenship

Other Critical Briefs

New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support et al. v. Trump
by historians Kate Masur and Martha Jones
June 4, 2025

Doe v. Trump
by historians Kate Masur and Martha Jones
May 28, 2025

New Jersey v. Trump
by historians Kate Masur and Martha Jones
May 28, 2025

Federal Agencies

Brennan Center Briefs

Trump v. Slaughter
on behalf of historian Jane Manners
November 14, 2025

Trump v. Cook
on behalf of historian Jane Manners
October 29, 2025

Grundmann v. Trump
on behalf of historian Jane Manners
October 10, 2025

Boyle v. Trump
on behalf of historian Jane Manners
August 29, 2025

Other Critical Briefs

Trump v. Slaughter
by Professor Andrea Scoseria Katz and Professor Jonathan Gienapp
November 14, 2025

Trump v. Slaughter
by Legal Historians Noah A. Rosenblum and Nathaniel Donahue
November 14, 2025

Trump v. Slaughter
by Professor Jed Shugerman
November 14, 2025

Trump v. Slaughter
by Professor Victoria Nourse and Lawyers Defending American Democracy
November 12, 2025

National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought
by 16 former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials 
May 9, 2025

Trump v. Cook
by former government officials and advisors
September 25, 2025

Trump v. Cook
by former Treasury Secretaries, Federal Reserve Board Chairs and Governors, Council of Economic Advisers Chairs, and Economists
September 25, 2025

Trump v. Cook
by Jed Shugerman
September 25, 2025

Trump v. Cook
by Patrick J. Borchers, Michael C. Dorf, Kellen Funk, Aziz Huq, Riley T. Keenan, James Pfander, and Jonathan D. Shaub
September 25, 2025

Federal Funding

Brennan Center Briefs

New York v. Trump
in partnership with the Complex Litigation Group LLP
July 25, 2025

Other Critical Briefs

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, et. al. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et. al.
on behalf of Jane Addams Senior Caucus, Lakeside Tower Tenant Union, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, National Housing Law Project, Poverty and Race Research Action Council, Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and Tenant Advocacy Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 
September 29, 2025

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, et. al. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et. al.
on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors
October 3, 2025

New York v. Trump
by Former Executive Branch Officials
by Professor Ilya Somin
by Professor Samuel R. Bagenstos
by Dr. Arati Prabhakar
by Legal Scholars of Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
by U.S. Conference of Mayors
by Natural Resources Defense Council
by The Constitutional Accountability Center
July 25, 2025

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)

Brennan Center Briefs

Emily Ley Paper et al., v. Trump
May 12, 2025

State of California et al., v. Trump et al,
Northern District Court of California
May 20, 2025
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
July 7, 2025

V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump
July 8, 2025

Learning Resources, Inc., and Hand2Mind, Inc. v. Trump, et al.
July 28, 2025

Voting

Brennan Center Briefs

State of Washington and State of Oregon v. Trump
July 22, 2025