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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with 24 officals from other Democratic-led states and Washington D.C. once again sued the Trump administation on Tuesday, Oct. 28, asking a federal judge to order the federal government cover food assistance costs for millions of Americans.
The lawsuit is just the latest Michigan’s attorney general has joined.
Including the latest case involving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Nessel has joined lawsuits against the Trump administration 35 times over such things as U.S. Department of Education cuts, birthright citizenship and pausing federal funds. Her office also has issued amicus briefs in 49 other lawsuits against the administration.
The Michigan Attorney General’s website includes a “federal actions tracker” that allows people to track the AG’s actions against the government in what Nessel calls a “response to several unlawful federal policies and orders.”
The latest suit was filed because the U.S. Department of Agriculture has informed Michigan and other states it intends to pause food assistance payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, after Nov. 1.
The lawsuit, filed Oct. 28 in Massachusetts, claims that the U.S. Department of Agriculture — which oversees SNAP — is unlawfully threatening to cease paying benefits after the first of November due to the federal shutdown.
Nessel and officials with the other states argue the agency is legally obligated to use contingency funds and other means in its control to cover SNAP benefits, which provide food assistance in the form of funds made available to low-income individuals and families via benefit cards. More than 1.4 million Michiganders receive SNAP benefits.
Here’s what to know about the tracker.
How to see the Michigan’s attorney general’s Trump administration tracker
Michigan Department of Attorney General’s office offers a federal action lawsuits tracker on its website.
The tracker includes information such as links to the lawsuit complaint (which list all plaintiffs), when a case was filed, the case name, press releases related to the case, a summary of the case in Nessel’s words and the status of each case.
In addition to listing lawsuits to which Michigan has become a party, the tracker also lists all the cases in which Nessel’s office has written an amicus curiae brief. The term means “friend of the court” in Latin and is a document making legal arguments from a person or organization that is not a party to a case, but may have a strong interest in the issue being considered, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services explained.
How many times has Michigan attorney general sued the Trump administration?
As of Oct. 20, Nessel had sued the Trump administration 34 times since he took office in January 2025, the online tracker says. The number does not include the latest case over SNAP benefits.
In addition, the Michigan Attorney General’s federal action tracker lists 49 cases in which Michigan has offered an amicus brief opposing Trump administration actions. The latest brief came Oct. 13 in opposition to federalized National Guard troops being sent to Chicago.
Nessel’s tracker page touts her actions as having preserved or recouped Michigan residents $1.9 billion
Who is Dana Nessel?
A former criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney, Nessel, a Democrat, was sworn in as Michigan’s 54th Attorney General on Jan. 1, 2019, according to a biography on her campaign website.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School, Nessel lives in southeast Michigan with her wife, Alanna Maguire, and her twin sons, Alex and Zach.
The Free Press contributed to this story.
Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at jawilliams1@freepress.com.
