TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 26, 2025

Nashville attorneys have sued President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the heads of several federal agencies to recover $14 million for two federal grants that were awarded but never paid, the Nashville Post reports. Nashville joins five major cities and 11 nonprofit groups as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The city is suing for a $4.7 million grant, awarded in August, to expand public vehicle charging stations and a $9.3 million grant, awarded in January, to build bike lanes and pedestrian improvements near the East Bank. Both grants were part of infrastructure programs managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. According to the suit, Nashville has already completed a procurement process, selected a vendor and signed a contract for electric charging stations, leaving the city with significant financial liability. Two federal judges recently ruled against the White House in similar cases, stating that such funding interference violates the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government.