The Trump Administration Has Faced Over 900 Lawsuits Challenging President Trump’s Executive Actions, with Most in Districts Full of Obama and Biden Judges.
The Record: Lawsuits and Rulings Against the Administration
The volume and speed of the legal assault of this Tramp Administration were extraordinary from the outset. By February 20, 2025 — less than one month after inauguration — reporting based on the Just Security tracker documented that 75 lawsuits challenging the new administration’s executive actions had already been filed. These early cases concentrated on birthright citizenship, immigration enforcement, personnel, and DOGE-related actions, and gender-related policies. The pattern reflected a coordinated effort to bog down the administration with litigation and prevent the implementation of the agenda the American people had just endorsed. The same public tracker that cataloged the cases notably omitted systematic identification of the appointing presidents of the judges issuing the early blocks.
Major public litigation trackers, most notably Just Security’s ongoing Litigation Tracker, have since documented well over 800 lawsuits involving the Trump Administration — approaching or exceeding 906 cases as of today. On final merits rulings from district courts, a New York Times analysis of public data has shown plaintiffs winning the large majority of decided cases. When preliminary rulings are included, district judges ruled in favor of the Trump agenda only about 25 percent of the time in 2025.
The administration’s record appears somewhat better, however, if you look more broadly at the number of times Mr. Trump’s policies have been halted. Out of 509 active cases, the administration’s policies have been halted 149 times — about 30 percent of the time.”
Appeals courts treated the administration more favorably overall — closer to 51 percent in its favor in 2025 in available analyses — with a significant portion of that support coming from judges appointed by President Trump during his first term.
Peter Baker’s January 11, 2026, post stated it cleanly:
The higher the court, the likelier Trump was to win rulings in 2025:
District courts: 25%
Appeals courts: 51%
Supreme Court: 88% pic.twitter.com/y71IMxXxl1— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 11, 2026
After the Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in Trump v. CASA limiting nationwide injunctions, challengers increasingly turned to class-action certification to achieve similar practical breadth of relief. Congressional Research Service reports have catalogued dozens of nationwide or universal injunctions issued in the early months of the second term.
Where the Cases Are Filed — and Who Sits on Those Courts
A review of a representative sample of 126 case listings drawn from the Just Security tracker performed by this author reveals a striking geographic concentration. Nearly half of the cases in the sample — approximately 44 percent — were filed in a single court: the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Roughly two-thirds of the sampled cases were filed in just four districts: the District of Columbia, the District of Maryland, the District of Massachusetts, and the District of Minnesota. Maryland, Massachusetts, and Minnesota together accounted for about 23 percent of the sample.
This concentration is not accidental. Plaintiffs — particularly advocacy organizations and Democratic-led state attorneys general — have systematically chosen venues they regard as most favorable. The result is a practical form of forum shopping that allows a small number of district courts, and the judges who sit on them, to exercise outsized influence over national policy.
The composition of the active judges on these four key courts further illuminates the pattern. In the District of Columbia, of the 15 active Article III judges, approximately 11 were appointed by Democratic presidents (Barack Obama or Joe Biden) and only four by Republican presidents. In the District of Maryland, the imbalance is even more pronounced: roughly nine of the ten active judges were appointed by Democratic presidents, with only one appointed by a Republican. The District of Massachusetts has a significant contingent of Obama and Biden appointees, including recent additions such as Judge Brian E. Murphy (Biden), who, along with Judge Patti B. Saris (Clinton), issued the July 2026 administrative stays on Temporary Protected Status terminations that DHS counsel characterized as open defiance of the Supreme Court. The District of Minnesota is more historically mixed, yet still contains a substantial number of Democratic appointees among its active judges.
None of this proves that every ruling issued by these judges is partisan. It does, however, explain why plaintiffs concentrate their cases in these particular districts and why the pattern of early, aggressive temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions has been so consistent.
When the courts that receive the largest share of challenges to a Republican administration’s policies are themselves staffed predominantly by judges appointed by Democratic presidents, the appearance of a one-sided judicial resistance becomes difficult to dismiss.
Who Appointed the Judges?
Analyses of the judges who issued the most consequential adverse rulings reveal a clear and politically skewed pattern. In one mid-2025 review of lower-court judges who blocked Trump administration actions, the large majority were appointed by Democratic presidents — especially Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Key findings from that mid-2025 review:
- Of 61 lower-court judges who had ruled against Trump administration actions (as of early June 2025), 49 were appointed by Democrats.
- Breakdown of the Democratic appointees: – Obama: 21 – Biden: 19 – Clinton: 9 – Carter: 1
- Republican appointees: 12 (including 5 appointed by Trump himself).
That produces the “large majority” / roughly 3-to-1 ratio of Democratic-appointed judges among those who issued blocking rulings.
This does not mean every Democratic-appointed judge rules against the administration in every case, nor that every Republican-appointed judge rules for it. It does mean the pattern of resistance is heavily concentrated among judges selected by the political opponents of the current administration.
Concrete examples have included Biden-appointed judges ordering the restoration of DEI funding; an Obama-appointed judge issuing orders that exposed DOGE employees to public identification; multiple injunctions against immigration enforcement measures, personnel actions, and core executive orders; and Clinton- and Obama-appointed judges issuing orders that appear to defy or circumvent recent Supreme Court guidance.
Many of these injunctions were later stayed, narrowed, or reversed at the appellate level or by the Supreme Court — but only after the administration had been forced to pause or reverse course, and only after lower courts had established dangerous precedents. As Stephen Miller observed, under the logic now being applied by some district judges, a single judge in one district could attempt to enjoin troop movements overseas. Judges have no constitutional authority to administer the executive branch or to nullify the results of a national election.
And all the Auto-Pen Executive Orders from Deep State pretending they were "President Biden" went unchallenged , even obvious unconstitutional orders were obeyed without question
Where was the judicial when that was happening??
They were busy playing along!
Old Joe Biden was never a duly elected president of the United States. He’ll always be remembered as a simp and a whack posing as a president
the dominion machines were used for decades. so several treasonous imposters who packed the courts. Now Trump reaps the whirlwind AGAIN because he wont deal with HIGH TREASON
Amen
A CCP SELL-OUT to his country!
dei judges placed to promote communist agenda
Everyone of them need to be purged!
All attempts to stall the American people’s agenda they voted for.
It's all treason…..and these activist judges should be rolled up in the Grand Conspiracy!
RICO !!
They’ve got almost 500 federal judges and thousands of state judges in place across the country to do their bidding.
They knew exactly what they were doing.
America has been fully infiltrated.
Agreed
Thanks, Mitch.
RICO !
Jefferson faced EXACTLY the same problen when he became POTUS. His solution was to take his simple majority in each house and repeal the enabling acts that created each troublesome court, rescended the appropriation supporting each, and basically fired them. A lot easier and less time consuming than playing the impeachment game.
Agreed . Let's try legislate them out …again….and again…and again..again….and again…and again…..again….and again…and again..again….and again…and again…..
All Dems have to do to attract their base is smile, laugh, clap, play some music, pass out the drugs…..and the freebies!
They Can't file lawsuits from prison
And do we have any indictments, trials, sentencing and jail time for ANY of those that have persecuted MAGA or Trump? NOPE!
To hear liberals talk about it, they accuse Trump of weaponizing government!
Baphometic "inversion".
Christian Conservatives will never be able to coexist with communist marxist, Period, no more then Christians can coexist with a Islamist terrorist!
Christianity died in the UK and Islamist rule because Christians waited for God to do their fighting for them!
Now there is a Mosque on every corner of the UK, coming to a neighborhood near you folks!
We know based solely on the locations of the courts who is weaponizing the Justice system. What was the point of the election if 900 lawsuits are filed to undo the Chief Executive of the US.
Well we know what they really are besides liars and Communist !
This is all on you turtle.
China votes FOR him now…..
Photo of two sick politicians.
(D)omestic terrorists
Forum shopping would be illegal if the senate passed the 'Rogue Judges Bill'.
But John Thune isn't interested.
Take out the guy who is allocating these communist judges – START THERE!!!
Get ready for more if we don't win both houses of Congress in the fall.
F Thune and the other POS RINOs.
It's complete insanity.
Why can the Supreme Court not see what is happening in these courts and both put a spoke in their wheels and a punishment for constant political rulings?
Because some on the USSC are in on it.
Obama and Biden Judges bought and paid for with George Soros´s money(stolen money!)
interesting article knew the cases were biased against Trump but here’s the evidence. , What makes it worse , some jughe are saying they will ignythe appeal courts.
Obviously then, presidential appointments of judges needs to end. The people who live with the results of these decisions need to be the final arbiters by election with full exposure of past rulings as the guide to each election. Doing so would surely improve this biased ruling, if not stop it altogether. 6 year terms, and retirement at 12 is a good start, with a re-election mid way thru the career. Of course getting this modification thru congress is like identifying the tooth fairy.
Those are not "judges".
they are communist operatives posing as "judges" to circumvent the law for the commies.
Obviously, they are judge shopping.
put in by presidents who used machines and mailins to steal presidencies (Thats OVERTHROW the government AKA HIGH TREASON) and TRUMP can PROVE IT! YET……. he leaves all these fraudulent "judges" in place rather than remove them and put in lawful judges and SC justices put in place by these TRAITORS. WHY?
I love Stephen Miller. He knows his schitt!! Ms Hunt got schooled real bad!
I tried looking up a comparison of past Presidents and lawsuits brought against their Admins…All that comes up initially is Trump, Trump, Trump.
I had to ask about each Prez specifically…the cases brought against Trump is unprecedented and far exceeds past Presidents!!
I think Trump is the first President that some states actually took their state tax payer money and gave it to their AG's and private lawyers just to use to sue Trump and his Admin. That's scary stuff in my book.
Not scary, frighting.
Look at Az, crooked Governor, Attorney General, SOS. 54 law suits against Trump.
Heil, here in Ca. I think Ca is up to like 90 law suits now and so far Ca has lost most of them.
They just HATE President Trump because he is taking away their ability to fleece this Nation.
We NEED a *"ten days of darkness" headed up by the US Marines, and about 50,000 principal arrests for tribunals and executions.
*NO power/water/internet/public transportation/courts etc….FULL curfew NO exceptions. "WE", will be just fine, if you have NO ability to plan, this will be an unmitigated disaster FOR YOU.
Choose wisely…..NOTHING will stop what's coming (and be "prepped").
This fact is evidence.
Until President Trump starts knocking these people down with TREASON arrests, convictions AND hangings, NOTHING will change, but only get worse.
Accuse the other side of what you are actually doing.
THAT is their method from Saul Alinsky.
Who is footing the DOJ bill, taxpayers. Government only has our money. Money could have gone to schools and hospitals Congress doesn’t care.
The Nation is STILL AWAITING the Great House Cleaning. We grow older with each passing hour.
No sir, he is still OUR President,
They are communist/socialist……….they DO NOT CARE.
Our CONgrASS is filled with socialist………a lot of them openly admit it. And there are many that believe in communism but they keep themselves hidden.
communism/socialism must be eradicated from these United States.
Love the pic. Barry is as happy to have his hand up there, as Joe is to have it. Smiles all around.
These moles should have been whacked a long time ago. Jackass Justass.
A direct failure by the "advise and consent" crew (You know, the ones who call themselves Senators). Our country cannot survive a partisan judiciary. And the stats are alarming.
Roberts once said the Judiciary was supposed to call balls and strikes. Well, even baseball realized their umpires were biased and instituted a video review.
End the Fed.
I would also like to see the number of Trump Admin cases by the judge. It seems some of the same Trump hating judges get a majority of his cases that should be random. Like King Boasberg.
What we have have is a judicial insurrection, only fixable by military JAG trials.. if that can even be done.
Obama is an extremely cruel and evil person.
Frivolous lawsuits do nothing but waste the court's time.
How can you take a communist, mentally ill homosexual or lesbian out of a controlled hospital environment, put a black robe on them and call that a sane Constitutional judiciary?
Our justice system is broken and if not fixed within the next decade, this Republic is finished!
Anarchy will be Americas Core Principle!
Anyone expecting anything less from these communist-run districts is living in a fantasy world. Their goal is to see the rest of us dead.
—Vietnam Vet, 68-69; sold out by Lyndon Johnson and his Democrat-run, communist-supporting Congress—
Trump's efforts are severely hampered by corrupt commies who are impersonating judges.
If the DEMONcrat criminal mafia can’t steal tax payer $$$$, their minions in the judiciary and the deep state will practice law warfare.
"Judges have no constitutional authority to administer the executive branch or to nullify the results of a national election."
–Joe Hoft
AND
–FDR and his sympathizers, in his 1937 Supreme Court-packing scheme to replace any judge over 70; that failed abominably, in the Congress and the People, with the Court staying at the 9, as it has since 1869.
It all depends on whose ox is being gored!
Nothing is all that new today, many times a repeat from a prior Administration!
Liberals/Democrats will work against Trump even on ideas they support just because he is Trump and conservative.
Roberts and the four harpies!
Liberal women are locked in a bubble of insanity and will never listen to rational thought or interpretation!
Their function should never be a position of authority or power!
We're making a big mistake allowing these fake judges to continue destroying the rule of law. If we don't do something to stop this crap we are doomed.
Obama, Biden and these judges will be held accountable one day.
CNN still sucks. CNN is not for America or American citizens. They are for the dismantling of our nation by foreigners. CNN needs to be wiped off the map in the news business.
I'm not sure which would be worse, if this CNN propagandist knows how biased she is or if she thinks she is being fair and balanced. I lean towards the latter being more worrisome.
Communist hell, the damn Courts are far worse than the Communist.
What I found most unsettling after the 2020 Election Steal, was when Joe Biden (Obama) bragged about appointing over 400 federal judges to the bench.
How hard can it be to transfer the court clerks that keep 'randomly selecting' activist leftist judges for these cases.?
Democrats bring their suits in districts with few if any Republican judges. Massachusetts is one of them with none. Appeals go to the 1st Circuit where there is only one Republican appointee.
Those judges should all be treated as TRAITORS.
I think the fed judiciary has seriously damaged its credibility
Of course,that was the democrats plan.
And the Republicans helped them.
Working hard to bring down America and paving the way for the anti-christ.
Gee, I wonder what will happen if we lose the midterms….
I don't even want to Think about it
This alone should enable Trump to ANOTHER term!!! TRUMP 2028!!!
.. .this and 2020.
I've said it before ,I say it again, Round up these hired communist thugs Gulag them for the largest RICO case in history !
Trump Calls Out John Thune, Says Dems "Can't Believe How Lucky They Got With This Senate Leadership"
Only backstabbing insider trading Marxists are above the law…just ask drunk Pelosi.
A famous communist once said that they would hang us and we would sell them the rope. Over time they realized that judges and our legal system was this 'rope'.
" Most in Districts Full of Obama or Biden Appointed Judges"
Most are Satans Stooges!
"Birds [that are tethered, flop together]!
And more than half, Lindsey Graham voted for
Probably All of them
Even before Trump's inauguration, president Bukele warned that this was going to happen. It's part of the deep state globalist playbook used around the world.
Most of the corrupt leftist judges shouldn't even be in this country.
This CNN Ingrate doesn't comprehend Miller at All because of her Biased Ignorance!! What a Dumbass!! She just can't even comprehend an intelligent Answer to her Ignorant questions, constantly talking over Miller to garble his answer that she doesn't like!!
These Commie Left (D) Scumbaggs spread the Laundered Money around to Judges and other Felons whenever they try to Stop anything Legally proposed by the Trump Admin!! MAGA!!
The Judges appointed by Biden ……was the whole reason for the 2020 steal.
Corrupt Communists trying to take down our great president.
The answer to this problem lies with Mike Johnson. Shut a few of these down, redistrict them and appoint real judge. Not activists.
Are there any?
When activist judges consistently ignore the will of the majority, the voters will eventually ignore them. Which is precisely want Democrats want. The particular issue is just as important to them as radically transforming our system of checks and balances.
NORM EISEN NEEDS TO Ř0Ṭ IN ĤÊĹĽ!
Massachusetts AG Andrea Campwell brags she has filed 50+ suits against Trump and the Administration
Meanwhile the state is failing, the Healy administration is only interested in funding and supporting illegals.
and nothing is being done to reign it in
Trump's first term was attacked by the legislative branch and their constant lies and impeachment attempts, this time around congress has sat on their hands and let the judicial branch do most of the attacking using lawfare against the President…
You can blame the spineless Republican senators for giving their votes of approval for all these obvious crackpots.
But, wondering if these turncoat decisions are from blackmail.
Well dont expect congressional oversight of the judiciary….
K street lobbyist's have other things they want done from their puppets…..
Only time they care, is if the courts hurts business…..
At the direction of marc elias and that other msdnc chod who's name escapes me…the beta lawyer….
Norm Eisen too. Both are scum.
well…
WHAT YOU ALLOW….
IS EXACTLY WHAT CONTINUES!
you did nothing the first 900 times…
so EXPECT 900 MORE!
Thune makes it impossible for Trump to do recess appointments. He is a gift to the democrats.
Many individuals fail to connect the dots that Lindsey Graham voted to confirm these judges with just a few exceptions. Boasberg, Howell, Chutkin, ……….
Great article, Joe. Thanks for writing it. Keep hammering this one. I’ve been watching this and commenting on this unprecedented lawfare against President Trump and his administration since Jan. 29, 2025. It started as soon as Trump was inaugurated.
Guinness Book of World Records needs to record this one…Historic Lawfare. I’d bet it’s more cases than all presidents in our 250 years combined.
And dig a little deeper…go look at their staff and partners. These are not good Americans. They’re rotten, evil Saboteurs.
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Are Bar Association dues being used to fund this litigation or any litigation?