Battle Against Trump-DOGE Overhaul to Play Out in Select Courts

Lawsuits against the Trump administration have put four US courts with a majority of Democrat-appointed judges at the center of fights over the onslaught of executive actions roiling the US government.

In the first four weeks of the new administration, at least 74 lawsuits were filed, and of those, 58 were brought in federal district courts in Washington, Boston, Seattle and suburban Maryland, according to a Bloomberg News analysis. Each of those districts has a majority of active judges nominated by Democratic presidents and each feeds into appeals courts with a similar ideological balance.

The cases have challenged President Donald ...