New York University law professor Ryan Goodman and his Just Security team analyzed over 400 lawsuits since January 2025, finding more than 150 instances where judges from both parties rebuked the DOJ for non-compliance, false information, and arbitrary actions. Categories include 26 non-compliance cases like ignoring restraining orders on deportations, over 60 distrust instances with more than 20 citing misleading info, and 68 arbitrary policy shifts such as mass firings and aid freezes. The October 2025 segment highlighted a fired DOJ attorney’s whistleblower account of pressure to make unsupported claims, amid ongoing litigation and divided reactions from conservatives calling for oversight to skeptics dismissing activist judges.
