Defending Rights Against Deregulation
Our constitution cannot be erased. Our values must be defended. Our loved ones must be protected.
In the days and weeks since coming to power, President Trump and Congressional leaders have unveiled and unleashed an agenda of bigotry, vengeance and fear that strikes at the heart of many of the values and rights we cherish.
Trump and Congressional leaders have declared war on the Constitution and the rights its guarantees. They want to intimidate us into submission, but we won’t have it.
Public Justice is joining with allies and coalitions from across the country to respond to this unprecedented attack on our rights and our legal system and we’re also doing what we’ve done best for more than four decades: Protecting workers, consumers, the environment and our shared values and rights from those seeking to block and roll back the progress that we, and our partners in the legal and advocacy communities, have made.
From supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to opposing dangerous nominees, bills and executive orders targeting the clients and communities we represent and serve – we’re working to ensure that the voices of Public Justice Members, and the clients we serve, are heard.
THIS IS A FIGHT THAT WILL TAKE ALL OF US.
Public Justice is a proud member of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR), the nation’s oldest, largest and most diverse civil and human rights coalition. And we’re also a proud member of Democracy 2025, a coalition of 350+ organizations representing millions of people, committed to working more quickly, more strategically, and in greater numbers than ever before to defend our democracy and disrupt far-right attacks on the American people.
There is strength in numbers and, together, we can prevail – but winning will take all of us. Join us as a Public Justice Member or donor and add your voice to the growing chorus of those rejecting the extreme agenda coming out of Washington.
- Public Justice joins 65 organizations in opposing Harmeet Dhillon’s nomination to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. We urge the Senate to reject her confirmation based on her deeply troubling record on voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive freedom, and workplace discrimination.
- Public Justice joins 23 organizations in urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to lead the CFPB. McKernan has openly questioned the agency’s legitimacy, refused to commit to resuming its core operations, and tacitly supported efforts by Elon Musk’s DOGE team to dismantle the Bureau.
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 65 organizations strongly oppose Harmeet Dhillon’s nomination as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Their letter urges the Senate to reject her confirmation.
- Americans for Financial Reform and 23 organizations urge the Senate to reject Jonathan McKernan’s CFPB nomination. His testimony showed he won’t protect consumers or stand up to Wall Street. Read the letter: here.
- Public Justice joins civil rights groups in a letter opposing Linda McMahon’s nomination as Secretary of Education. She supports rolling back Title IX and transgender student protections while pushing school vouchers that fund discrimination.
- We joined 86 allied organizations in signing a letter to Leader Schumer and Ranking Member Warren urging the appointment of qualified nominees to serve in the minority commissioner seats on the SEC.
- Public Justice has filed a motion to intervene in a federal case that struck down key Title IX protections for pregnant and parenting students.
- Public Justice joins the Education Civil Rights Alliance in calling on state leaders to strengthen civil rights protections for students. We signed on to a letter urging state legislators and executive officials to expand protections and ensure consistent school data collection and reporting.
- The National Center for Youth Law and 24 civil rights groups urge state leaders to strengthen student protections as federal oversight weakens. Their letter outlines urgent steps to counter harmful policy rollbacks and ensure schools remain safe and equitable.
- We’re asking lawmakers to reject R. 28, the dangerous, misleadingly titled “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” which would harm women and girls and undermine civil rights for all students. Alongside over 400 organizations, we signed a letter to Congress, calling for the full inclusion, protection and celebration of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex youth.
- We joined 170 organizations in signing the National Women’s Law Center letter to President Trump, condemning an Executive Order that seeks to weaken protections for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals.
- We joined GLSEN, NWLC, and over 40 civil rights and education organizations in condemning the U.S. Department of Education’s intimidation tactics targeting the inclusion of transgender students.
- On his very first day in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders that will undermine any efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect clean air and water and curb climate change. While Trump’s nominee to head the agency, former Congressman Lee Zeldin, told Senators during his confirmation hearing that he believes climate change is real, Trump’s orders make any action to address the causes of climate change impossible. “At a time when we need to do more, the Trump climate agenda, entrusted to Zeldin to carry out, would be all about doing much, much less,” Public Justice Environmental Enforcement Project Director Dan Snyder recently wrote in an analysis of Trump’s orders, where Snyder also pledged that Public Justice will continue to “harness the power of citizen suits to bring transformative change for the victims of corporate greed, exploitation and pollution”
- We joined several consumer, economic justice, and civil rights organizations in a letter asking President Trump to veto veto S.J. Res 18, which would overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule limiting exorbitant overdraft fees charged by large banks and credit unions.
- Public Justice represents 202 Members of Congress in a legal brief opposing the Trump administration’s unlawful dismantling of USAID.
- Public Justice joins 203 Members of Congress in a legal brief opposing the Trump administration’s unlawful effort to dismantle the CFPB, which has returned $21 billion to consumers. We’re fighting to keep it a watchdog for consumers.
- Public Justice joins 119 organizations in a letter urging Congress to investigate Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency for unauthorized access to critical government systems and personal data.
- Public Justice condemns the firing of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra in a statement. Under his leadership, the CFPB has protected consumers as Congress intended. Banks should not pick their own regulators.
- Public Justice releases a guide on the President’s executive orders targeting DEI efforts and civil rights protections. These orders undermine equality but do not give a license to discriminate.
- Public Justice calls on Congress to reject efforts to dismantle the CFPB in an op-ed. Since its founding, the agency has returned $19 billion to scammed consumers. Both parties should support its vital work.
- Public Justice joins consumer rights groups in a letter urging Congress to support the CFPB’s rule removing medical debt from credit reports and cracking down on unlawful debt collection and overdraft fees.
- Public Justice defends Americans’ right to access the courts in a blog. Lawmakers have launched attacks on class action lawsuits, but ensuring accountability and justice requires keeping courts open to all
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