Where NC stands in its lawsuits against the Trump administration
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has filed roughly 20 lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration since taking office in 2025. Jackson says the legal challenges have protected more than $1.6 billion in state taxpayer money.
FULL STORY: North Carolina has sued Trump more than 20 times. Here’s how it’s going
Here are key takeaways:
• Most lawsuits are filed jointly with other attorneys general — mostly Democrats — and more than half are ongoing, including challenges against the U.S. Department of Education and Environmental Protection Agency over funding cuts.
• Jackson has won six preliminary injunctions blocking Trump administration actions, and courts have ruled in his favor in seven other resolved cases.
• A joint lawsuit challenging Trump’s latest round of tariffs had oral arguments heard this month. Jackson says the tariffs could raise prices for North Carolinians.
• A hearing is set for May 8 in a lawsuit that targets the EPA’s cancellation of Solar for All, a program that would have provided North Carolina more than $150 million in solar grants for low-income and rural communities. The lawsuit was filed in October.
• An April 3 lawsuit challenges Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting. Jackson argues the restrictions could affect military members deployed on short notice.
• A federal judge ruled in Jackson’s favor in a case against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Office of Management and Budget over withheld SNAP funding during the 2025 government shutdown, which had blocked $230 million in food assistance for more than 1 million North Carolinians.
• Another of his wins restored more than $165 million in public education funds the Department of Education had cut from North Carolina.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists, including politics editor Jordan Schrader. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.
