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Contact your Senators. Ask: 'Will you introduce legislation reaffirming the Department of Education's statutory functions and blocking use of appropriated funds for unilateral dismantlement?' Support Democracy Forward and NAACP Legal Defense Fund challenges.

The Supreme Court in McMahon v. New York issued an unsigned 6-3 order lifting District Judge Myong Joun's injunction that had blocked Trump's reduction-in-force at the Department of Education and ordered reinstatement of nearly 1,400 employees. The ruling clears the way for elimination of about 50% of the department's workforce, advancing Trump's stated goal of shuttering the agency Congress created by statute. Justice Sotomayor's dissent, joined by Kagan and Jackson, called the decision 'indefensible,' writing that when the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, the Judiciary's duty is to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.

Contact your senators. Ask: 'Will you cosponsor legislation restoring an immigration judge hearing before any removal of a noncitizen present more than 90 days?' Support the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and Make the Road New York.

A three-judge D.C. Circuit panel ruled 2-1 that DHS may implement its expansion of expedited removal to anywhere in the United States, allowing agents to deport noncitizens present up to two years without an immigration court hearing. Trump appointees Justin Walker and Neomi Rao formed the majority; Obama appointee Robert Wilkins dissented, warning the policy strips due process from hundreds of thousands. The decision reverses a preliminary injunction and takes effect immediately as ICE ramps up mass arrests.

Contact your senators. Ask: 'Will you cosponsor legislation restoring meaningful party-candidate coordination limits and pursuing a constitutional amendment to overturn NRSC v. FEC?' Support Campaign Legal Center and End Citizens United.

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion by Justice Kavanaugh, held that Federal Election Campaign Act limits on coordinated expenditures between political parties and candidates violate the First Amendment. The ruling erases 2026 caps that had limited Senate coordinated spending to between $130,600 and $4 million and House coordinated spending to $65,300–$130,600. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented, warning the decision 'jettisons a rule needed to protect our democracy's integrity.' The case was brought in part by then-Sen. JD Vance before he became Vice President.

Contact your state legislators. Ask: 'Will you oppose or repeal state laws barring transgender students from school athletics?' Support the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project and Lambda Legal.

The Supreme Court, 6-3, ruled that state laws barring transgender girls from participating in girls' and women's sports at publicly funded schools do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment or Title IX. Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion rejecting challenges by students Becky Pepper-Jackson (West Virginia) and Lindsay Hecox (Idaho). The ruling greenlights enforcement of similar laws in 27 states. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, dissented, arguing the majority misapplied Equal Protection analysis.