ACTIVE CASES
Federal Cases I have Filed to push back on the Trump Administration and their current status
Updated 5/31/2025
Alter v Trump defense counsel has entered case, pre-motion briefing hasbegun
Updated 5/20/2025
This is an index page I will keep updated on active case information.
Most of these cases, in a perfect world, are “slam dunk” on the merits if we had a court that was following the constitution, in this world, however, they’re all long shots that SOMEONE has to try (in this world). Feel free to ask any questions; I do respond.
Most Important Case (in my view) :
Alter v President Trump - issue: Qualification/Insurrection (14th , sec 3) - Judge Ana C Rayes
status : reply brief due from defense on May 31, 2025 (waiting)
Other than impeachment, 14th sec 3, is the ONLY basis (aside from treason, I would think) for a case that can get someone removed from office. It can remove office holders for having ANYTHING TO DO with an insurrection. Even conviction for a crime cannot remove a president from office.
US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Alter v McConnell - issue : “Oath of Office”
status : Awaiting decision since March 2024
Alter v Alito Thomas Roberts Kavenaugh Gorsuch Barrett - issue: “Good Behavior” - suspend from the bench
status: awaiting decision since April 2024
District Court for the District of Columbia
Alter v DOJ/Bondi - issue : Appoint special prosecutor / Humphrey’s executor
status: service of summons executed
Alter v President Trump - issue: Qualification/Insurrection (14th , sec 3) - Judge Ana C Rayes)
status : Trump Counsel has entered the case, pre-motion briefing begun
Alter v FCC - issue: Do not renew Fox licensing/Electioneering/Loper Bright v Raimondo - Judge Amir H Ali
status: Waiting on decision on first set of motions
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Alter v DOGE/Musk/Trump : Appoint special prosecutor / Humphrey’s Executor / Loper
Bright v Raimondo
status: initiating en banc appeal
assigned case number 25-5172 appellate brief due 7/8/2025
Here are things about some of the cases I rely upon for Authority :
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-is-humphreys-executor-and-why-should-you-care-about-it/
A president cannot just fire people in agencies willy nilly, the court can appoint a special prosecutor to investigate corrupt motives
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
14 sec 3, if you have sworn an oath of office, you can’t even remotely support insurrection, or you can be thrown out of office for it and banned from serving. Other than impeachment, there is not much you can do to remove a president from office; they can even serve their term from jail if they have to. This can remove them
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo was a 2024 supreme court case that ended “Chevron Deference”. Chevron deference was a long-standing court doctrine that instructed judges to give agencies broad deference in the way they interpret statutes. In the Loper Bright case, in November 2024, the court instructed judges to use their own “common sense” to determine if the agency is interpreting the statute correctly.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S1-10-2-3/ALDE_00000686/
”The Good Behavior Clause” is a part of Article III/Sec 1 that gives the courts their power to rule. A provision of that qualification is “good behavior”, nobody’s ever really litigated what that means (crazy, huh? How has nobody litigated this? I guess they never had to).
https://halanbrickleylaw.com/news/everything-you-need-know-pro-se-representation/
Self-representation authority (one filing a case without a lawyer) is derived from Due Process and the 4th amendment