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On a Saturday like this, the story is less about a single giant collapse than about the administration’s habit of turning routine governance into litigation bait. When the White House keeps making every institutional boundary a test case, it should not be surprised when the courts, watchdogs, and even its own filings start handing it receipts.
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on June 4, 2025, that challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order as it applied to the Federal Election Commission. The Democratic National Committee, the DSCC and the DCCC had argued that the order could undercut the FEC’s independence, but the court said they had not shown a live application to the agency.
A federal judge dismissed the Democratic committees’ challenge to Trump’s February 2025 order on independent agencies, ruling there was no live controversy for the court to decide. The case over the FEC was filed on February 28, 2025 and dismissed on June 3, 2025.