Feb 9, 2025 | "deferred resignation" | “Fork in the Road” directive | 21 state attorneys general | accept a legally fraught “buyout” | AFGE Local 3707 | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | County and Municipal Employees | Delaware | Donald Trump | Elon Musk | federal employees | federal ethics regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | potential termination | Rhode Island | the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) | the American Federation of State | the District of Columbia | the National Association of Government Employees | the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) | Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan | Vermont | Washington | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general, standing with the nation’s federal employees in a challenge to the Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan. The so-called “Fork in the Road” directive is an attempt to force federal workers to choose, with only days to decide, between accepting a legally fraught “buyout” and potentially being terminated.
Feb 7, 2025 | "special government employees" | Arizona | bank account details | block federal funds to states | Bureau of Fiscal Services (“BFS”) | California | central payment system | childcare | Colorado | Connecticut | critical services | Delaware | DOGE | Elon Musk | essential services like law enforcement | Hawaii | Health Care | Illinois | infrastructure repairs | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicare and Medicaid payments | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | public education | Rhode Island | Social Security numbers | Social Security payments | Treasury Department | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Vermont | veterans benefits | vital funding | Wisconsin | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data.
Jan 28, 2025 | Arizona | California | childcare services to families in need | Colorado | combat hate crimes and violence against women | Connecticut | critical health | Delaware | deliver support to public schools | federal executive agencies | Federal Funding | federal grant funding | Freezing Funds | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Oregon | provide life-saving disaster relief to states | Rhode Island | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | unconstitutional | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general sued to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that orders the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding that provides essential services to millions of Americans in every state.
Jan 16, 2025 | "Glock switch" | Arizona | automatic weapons | Bipartisan Safer Communities Act | Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | DOJ | Engaged in the Business Intervention | Expanded Criminal Background Checks for Gun Purchases | felons domestic abusers | Forced Reset Triggers | Forced Rest Triggers Intervention | FRTs | Glock | Gun Violence | Hawaii | illegally converted firearms | Lawsuit | machinegun conversion device | Maryland | mass shootings | MCDs | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | North Carolina | Oregon | rate of fire | Rhode Island | Trump Administration | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Vermont | Washington | Gun Violence | Press Release
As Trump DOJ Expected to Withdraw Federal Defense, New Jersey Leads More Than a Dozen States in Intervening to Protect Ban on Forced Reset Triggers and Expanded Criminal Background Checks for Gun Purchases For Immediate Release: January 16, 2025 Office of the Attorney...
