Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t have a promising track record of victories on appeal as he continues to wage war on the Trump administration through litigation. So far, California has filed or joined other Democratic states in more than 30 lawsuits against the administration,

States sue over billions in federal education funding that was supposed to begin flowing July 1. Trump officials are reviewing the congressionally approved funding.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced another lawsuit on behalf of California against the Trump administration, this time over the federal funding pulled from the state's high-speed rail project.