Week 16 Resistance Wins

⚖️ Legal Victories Against the Trump Administration

This week’s resistance report features federal judges actually doing their jobs (shocking), major blocks to fascist executive orders, and a few courtroom wins that bought us all some breathing room. Here’s what went down:

🧨 Big Wins This Week:

1. DOGE Executive Order Blocked

A federal judge halted Trump’s plan to fire thousands of federal workers through Executive Order 14210. The court stopped the layoffs—for now.
📰 Source: The Daily Beast

2. Apache Land Transfer Stopped

A ruling temporarily blocked the transfer of sacred Apache land to foreign mining corporations. Indigenous sovereignty: 1, Rio Tinto: 0.
📰 Source: Reuters

3. Tufts Student Released

A federal court ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish grad student ICE had detained over alleged political speech. First Amendment: still kicking.
📰 Source: New York Post

4. Federal Grant Freeze Blocked

Judge Loren AliKhan shut down Trump’s attempt to freeze all federal grants, ruling it unlawful and irrational.
📰 Source: Wikipedia – 2025 Federal Grant Pause

5. Birthright Citizenship Order Blocked

Multiple courts ruled Trump’s EO to end birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment lives another week.
📰 Source: Wikipedia – Executive Order 14160

🧷 Ongoing Resistance in Court:

Over 186 legal actions are now pending against Trump’s 2025 executive orders.
📰 Source: The Fulcrum
ACLU has filed 53 lawsuits against the administration and won emergency relief in 27 cases.
📰 Source: ACLU