Feb 20, 2025 | Amicus Brief | Arizona | auto lending | banking | big banks | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) | consumer protection | credit card companies | Delaware | Federal Consumer Protection Laws | federal regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | independent agency | lenders | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | mortgage servicers | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | student loan servicers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Consumer Protection | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general to warn against efforts by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Feb 13, 2025 | 14 Attorneys General | Birthright | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Constitution | Delaware | Executive Order | Fourteenth Amendment | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Preliminary Injunction | Rhode Island | statement | the City of San Francisco | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | unconstitutional | Vermont | Wisconsin | Attorney General Statement | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined in the response to a preliminary injunction being granted by a federal judge against President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order terminating birthright citizenship in the multi-state lawsuit led by New Jersey.
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 | and Wisconsin | Birthright citizenship | Boston | California | Coalition | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Federal Court Hearing | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Rhode Island | the City of San Francisco | the District of Columbia | the Immigration and Nationality Act | two U.S. Supreme Court decisions | Unconstitutional Trump Executive Order | Vermont | DD-ImmigrantRights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin traveled to Boston for a key hearing in his challenge to President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional executive order to terminate birthright citizenship.
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.