Jacob Knutson

6 days ago | rsn.org | Jacob Knutson

ALSO SEE: Judge Blocks Mass Layoffs at CFPB in the Latest Twist Over the Fate of the Agency A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from gutting an independent agency tasked with protecting people from financial fraud. During a Friday hearing, District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, said she was “deeply concerned” about President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire almost all of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) employees.

6 days ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from gutting an independent agency tasked with protecting people from financial fraud. During a Friday hearing, District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, said she was “deeply concerned” about President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire almost all of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) employees, according to reporting from the AP.

6 days ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

A federal judge Thursday extended restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessing Americans’ personal data held by the Social Security Administration (SSA). District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander said the plaintiffs in the case — a coalition of unions and retirees represented by Democracy Forward* — were likely to succeed in arguing that the SSA giving DOGE access to the sensitive information likely violated the Privacy Act and other federal laws.

1 week ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

A three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to overturn a lower-court order requiring it to secure the freedom of a Maryland man it erroneously sent to a hard labor prison in El Salvador. The court, led by Reagan-appointee Circuit Judge Harvie Wilkinson, said it would not “micromanage” the district judge overseeing Kilmar Abrego García’s case.

1 week ago | democracydocket.com | Jacob Knutson

An independent federal agency is going forward with President Donald Trump’s sweeping elections executive order despite a barrage of lawsuits challenging it as an assault on states’ constitutional authority to run their own elections. Trump’s order, in part, directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) — an independent bipartisan commission — to require eligible voters to show proof of citizenship when using a federal form to register to vote or update registration info.