Investigations
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Special Investigations
Landmark Files FOIA With Environmental Protection Agency Seeking Records Relating To Non-Profit Grants
Landmark Legal Foundation (Landmark) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking agency records relating to billions in grants awarded to non-profit organizations at the end of the Biden administration. In 2024, EPA awarded billions in federal grants to new non-profit organizations. Many of these groups are operated […]
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Victory! Appeals Court Agrees with Landmark – Rules Congress can Defund Planned Parenthood
December 17, 2025
On December 12, in a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit a lower court order halting enforcement of provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill (“BBB”)...
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Court Signals Possible Overturn of Humphrey’s Executor v. United States Oral Arguments
December 16, 2025
On December 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that arrived on appeal from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. This dispute began...
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Landmark Files Brief in NY Appeals Court Defending President Trump
November 3, 2025
This week, Landmark joined Professor Seth Barrett Tillman in defending President Trump from a violation of his constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict. In the Ne...
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Landmark Pushes to Overturn Humphrey’s Executor, Restore Presidential Power
October 27, 2025
When the Framers of the Constitution designed the Executive Branch, they made the conscious decision to vest its power in a single person, the President. This decision di...
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9th Circuit Upholds Trump’s Authority to Protect Federal Agents Amid Portland Violence
October 23, 2025
On October 20th, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a temporary restraining order that prevented President Trump from deploying the National Guard to defend fede...
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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Crucial Voting Rights Act Case
October 18, 2025
On October 15, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a consolidated case on direct appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District...
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Supreme Court Poised to Uphold Candidate Standing in Bost v. Illinois
October 12, 2025
On October 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections1, a case on whether federal candidates have standing to challenge Illin...
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Landmark Submits Comments on EPA’s Endangerment Finding Reconsideration
September 29, 2025
On September 22, Landmark filed an extensive comment in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding.” If the...
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The Legal Fight Over The Department of Education
September 22, 2025
Introduction The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with reforms to the Department of Education, granting a stay in McMahon v. N...
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Landmark battles NEA!
August 22, 2025
On July 18, Landmark filed a brief in federal district court in National Education Association v. Department of Education, defending the Trump administration’s...
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Supreme Court Sides with Parents in Suit Over LGBTQ Material in Public Schools
July 22, 2025
On Friday, June 27th, the Supreme Court issued a 6–3 ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor, siding with parents who wanted to opt their children out of lessons centered around...
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July 22, 2025
Read moreCorrine Morgan Thomas, ET AL., v. Humboldt County, California, ET AL.,
July 10, 2025
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