Feb 14, 2025 | “friend of the court” brief | 000 | 150 | active-duty servicemembers | Amicus Brief | banning transgender people | California | coalition of 20 state attorneys | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | discriminates against transgender people | harms national security | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | members of the National Guard | Michigan | military service | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | President Trump’s executive order | Reserves | Rhode Island | transgender | unconstitutional | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | Vermont | veterans | Washington | Wisconsin | Bias and Discrimination | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a “friend of the court” brief, or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit challenging the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military.
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 | "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.
