Pushback 36

Andrea Dooley

12 Mar 2025 — 2 min read

The news is so relentless, isn't it?

That's why it's time for us to start thinking about how we want to shape the future after we win. Maybe it's time to expand the courts, pass the Employee Free Choice Act and the Women's Health Protection Act, and codify that only Congress can adopt tariffs. Tell me what you think.

I've modified the form below to add the question:

Share any idea for legislative action (state or federal) or executive action that the Democrats should enact when they next have a control of the government. It could be existing litigation or a new idea.

Please share your best ideas. I'm keeping a spreadsheet so we can have our own Project 2029.

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"Overview: The law firm Perkins Coie sued [yesterday] the Department of Justice and other government agencies over President Trump’s Mar. 6, 2025 executive order terminating government contracts, denying members of the firm access to federal employees, and suspending employees’ security clearances. . . Update: On Mar. 12, Judge Beryl Howell, ruling from the bench, granted Perkins Coie’s request for a temporary restraining order to block Sections 1, 3, and 5 of the executive order."
"Overview: A broad coalition of states sued President Donald Trump alleging his Executive Order (“EO”) revoking birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and others is unconstitutional. A federal court temporarily blocked the EO while the lawsuit is pending on the basis that it likely violates the Fourteenth Amendment. . . Update: On March 11, the First Circuit denied the government’s motion for a stay [of the preliminary injunction pending their appeal].
In the two cases over the failure to pay USAID partners money already owed to them, the Court in both cases has ordered payments totalling $5 billion for monies owed through February 13.