Overview
- Since Jan. 20, 2025, Bonta reports filing 54 lawsuits against the Trump Administration, yielding 12 final rulings, about 35 preliminary injunctions or emergency orders, and six concessions by federal officials.
- This month, a federal judge granted emergency relief that restored $5 billion in child care and anti-poverty funds that had been frozen for California.
- Bonta’s office says the litigation has protected roughly $188 billion for programs including SNAP, schools, transportation, AmeriCorps and services for crime victims.
- Courts have blocked the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, and a December U.S. Supreme Court ruling curtailed the administration’s claim of broad authority to federalize the National Guard.
- The administration’s tariff regime is now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court, and Bonta says his office has prevailed in about 80% of cases while spending $19 million on the litigation.