WA and OR sue Trump to stop ‘takeover administration of our state election systems’
OLYMPIA—Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and Attorney General Nick Brown announced a joint lawsuit with the state of Oregon against the Trump administration regarding an elections and voting rights executive order issued March 25 At a press conference in Seattle on April 4, Secretary Hobbs and Attorney General Brown outlined the ways the executive order […]
WA joins multistate suit to release NIH grant funding
OLYMPIA—Attorney General Nick Brown co-led a multistate lawsuit today filed against the Trump administration for what he calls its unlawful attempt to disrupt grant funding issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is the second lawsuit filed by state attorneys general against NIH for cancelled funding. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court […]
House Judiciary Committee launches new inquiry into Washington State’s sanctuary policies
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-05), and Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) sends a letter to Washington Attorney General Nick Brown seeking information on the state’s sanctuary policies that they allege shield criminal aliens in the United States at the expense of Americans. The congressmen allege that the state’s Keep Washington Working Act, […]
AG Brown urges legal professionals to stand strong in the face of bullying and political retribution
OLYMPIA—Attorney General Nick Brown, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, issued an open letter to the legal community alleging illegal attempts by the Trump administration to deter lawyers from challenging the administration’s actions or representing clients disfavored by the administration. The attorneys general call on the legal community to resist attempts at […]
AG Brown pledges to defend open and transparent government policies
BELLEVUE—Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown was the keynote speaker at the annual Sunshine Breakfast hosted by the Washington Coalition for Open Government on Friday morning, March 14, where he pledged his commitment to maintaining an open and transparent government. “My philosophy is that open government is a bedrock for all public service. It is […]
New Lawsuit: WA joins 20 other states suing Trump to halt Dept of Education firings
Washington state joined 20 other states in suing President Donald J Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon today to stop the reduction of force of 50% of the department’s staff. “This massive reduction in force (RIF) is equivalent to incapacitating key, statutorily mandated functions of the Department, causing immense damage to Plaintiff States and […]
Judge blocks Trump’s executive order against Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In less than 24 hours after filing a lawsuit against President Donald J Trump’s executive order addressing the weaponization of government and national security concerns of law firm Perkins Coie LLP, United States District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., a President Barrack Obama appointee, granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday, March 12, […]
Washington state sues Adams County for cooperating with ICE
SPOKANE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a lawsuit today, March 10, against the Adams County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly “illegally collaborating with federal immigration officials and aiding the Trump administration’s efforts to enlist local officials for federal civil immigration work.” The lawsuit filed in Spokane County Superior Court says the Adams County Sheriff’s Office […]
Trump EO banning gender affirming care for minors blocked by federal judge in Seattle
SEATTLE—A federal judge Friday evening granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald J Trump’s Executive Orders banning gender-affirming care (including irreversible surgeries) to youth who identify as transgender. “This [Executive] Order denies the very existence of transgender people and instead seeks to erase them from the federal vocabulary altogether and eliminate […]
Judge allows Musk and DOGE to access data at 7 federal agencies
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday, February 18, denied a request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to halt Elon Musk, the Trump administration, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing government data at seven federal agencies. “The court’s analysis here begins and ends with irreparable harm, ‘a threshold requirement in […]
