Democracy Forward CEO & President Skye Perryman: “Despite the bluster from the White House, the president has been losing public support. He is losing in court in ways that he did not anticipate.”

Washington, D.C. – Today, Democracy Forward’s critical leadership and work as the “single largest source of Trump’s legal troubles” during the Trump-Vance administration was highlighted in The Atlantic article, “The Anti-Trump Resistance That’s Actually Working.” 

The story argues that the “legal resistance led by a patchwork coalition of lawyers, public-interest groups, Democratic state attorneys general, and unions has frustrated Trump’s ambitions.” It focuses on the work of Democracy Forward and other partners who are taking on the Trump-Vance administration in court and winning for the American people. 

Democracy Forward President & CEO Skye Perryman called attention to the critical work in response to the Trump-Vance administration’s anti-democratic actions. Perryman shares insights into the early response to the Trump-Vance administration. “We knew that if the federal landscape were to regress, people would have very few levers of power left. They would be able to go to the streets and to vote, and they would be able to use litigation.”

Perryman also previewed the upcoming fights ahead, “The demand for lawyers that are willing to defend people from the government is exponentially greater today than it was on day one. We believe the next 200 days are going to be even more significant than the first 200 days.”

Since the 2025 inauguration, Democracy Forward has emerged as a critical bulwark against the harmful and unlawful actions of the federal Executive Branch. The organization has filed more than 100 legal actions and launched 110 investigations, securing multiple significant victories to stop the Trump-Vance administration’s harmful and anti-democratic policies on behalf of people, communities, unions, nonprofit organizations, veterans groups, parents, educators, houses of worship, and more. The organization is also active in protecting people and communities from abuses of power at the state and local level.

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Democracy Forward Foundation is a national legal organization that advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy, public education, and regulatory engagement. For more information, please visit www.democracyforward.org.