Across the country, there has been an unprecedented escalation of a dangerous trend: the unlawful seizure of past election materials by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and local law enforcement.
In the spring of 2026 in California, Sheriff Chad Bianco, also a candidate for California governor, seized ballots from a 2025 special election in an...
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On September 8, 2026, Justice Kavanaugh denied Secretary Hoskins's request to stay the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court, leaving in place the 2022 map.
In separate litigation in federal court, Congressman Robert Onder and other allies of Secretary Hoskins sued, alleging that the Missouri Supreme Court's order violated the U.S...
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On September 8, 2026, Justice Kavanaugh denied Secretary Hoskins's request to stay the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court, leaving in place the 2022 map.
In separate litigation in federal court, Congressman Robert Onder and other allies of Secretary Hoskins sued, alleging that the Missouri Supreme Court's order violated the U.S...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has a responsibility to protect Americans’ freedom to vote, but recent actions by the DOJ — taken at the behest of President Donald Trump and other members of his administration — are now threatening that very freedom.
Beginning in the spring of 2025, the DOJ embarked on a sweeping effort to demand highly...
California voters have secured a landmark victory in protecting equal access to voting.
The California state Legislature voted last month to pass amendments to the California Voting Rights Act (CAVRA), which were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The bills expand and strengthen the existing CAVRA to ensure that voters of color have an equal...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election observation program — once a behind-the-scenes effort with a record of nonpartisan success — has made headlines during the 2026 midterm primaries because of conduct that state officials have called “dangerous” and “irregular.”
In Wyoming, monitors improperly sought to access voting machines, while in...
Campaign Legal Center Sues Trump Administration Over Another Unconstitutional Voting Executive Order
Update: On August 24, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court paused a lower court decision that had blocked the president’s second election-related executive order from taking effect.
However, this decision was only about the timing of the lower court’s decision — not whether the president’s executive order is lawful. The litigation challenging the lawfulness...
President Donald Trump has been relentless in trying to rewrite the rules of American elections, but the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling rejecting his effort to use the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a tool to sow electoral confusion and chaos.
In March 2026, after President Trump issued an executive order directing USPS to change how...
President Trump and his multiple executive orders trying to control our elections have now been stopped, twice, by Campaign Legal Center and our clients and co-counsel.
On March 31, 2026, the president signed an executive order (EO) purporting to impose new requirements for mail-in voting, create a national database of “verified” eligible voters...
Black and Latino voters in Galveston County, Texas — the birthplace of Juneteenth — have long been denied a voice in county government, an unjust reality that perpetuates centuries of discrimination.
June 19, also known as Juneteenth, commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. Designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth serves as...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed complaints with both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Ethics Committees alleging that 66 House candidates and 11 Senate candidates who will be on the ballot on November 3, 2026 have failed to file legally required personal financial disclosure reports.
Financial disclosure reports give voters...
In cities across the country, Americans have organized networks of constitutional observers to exercise their First Amendment rights and hold federal agents accountable as those agents carry out an aggressive and brutal deportation campaign.
In response, multiple federal agencies involved in the Trump administration, including Immigration and...
Update: On September 4, 2026, the Supreme Court temporarily paused a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which had invalidated the FCC policy, allowing candidates and other committees that jointly fundraise with them to access discounted rates for broadcast advertising.
Every election year, voters can expect a deluge of campaign ads. But...
Campaign Legal Center analyzed ethics compliance data across federal agencies and uncovered a concerning trend: Since the start of the second Trump administration, the effectiveness of agency ethics offices is declining significantly.
Since 2025, there are fewer ethics officials, more political appointees taking over ethics offices from career...
A new law in South Dakota is creating an unnecessarily confusing voter registration process for South Dakotans.
The administration of Senate Bill 175 (SB 175) is causing voters to lose their right to participate in local and statewide elections, despite being eligible to do so.
On behalf of the League of Women Voters in South Dakota and an...
When wealthy special interests can purchase access, influence and favor from public officials, Americans lose trust that the government works for them. President Donald Trump’s planned construction of a massive ballroom at the White House undermines the fundamental trust and expectation that the government works on behalf of the people.
Trump’s...
President Donald Trump’s second term has been characterized by relentlessly testing (and often overriding) the legal and constitutional limits of presidential authority. A mountain of legally dubious executive orders, a number of ethically questionable actions, and countless examples of executive overreach have blurred the line on where...
The American people need an independent ethics committee in the U.S. Senate to reduce corruption and hold lawmakers accountable to high ethical standards.
Current ethics enforcement in the U.S. Senate is based on a system of self-policing, in which members are responsible for enforcing ethics rules against their own colleagues.
As a result, the...
At the end of 2025, the Trump administration implemented an unlawful policy blocking nonpartisan civic engagement groups from registering new citizens to vote at administrative naturalization ceremonies.
This blatant attempt to silence the voices of Americans has been temporarily blocked following a lawsuit filed by Campaign Legal Center on behalf...
On August 3, 2026, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Representative Joe Morelle introduced the No Payoffs For Pardons Act, a bill that will mandate transparency to curb corruption in the presidential pardon process.
The Constitution's pardon power was designed to give the president a tool to correct...
After years of tireless advocacy, New Jersey voters are finally protected by a State Voting Rights Act (state VRA).
This summer, the New Jersey Legislature passed, and the governor signed, the John R. Lewis New Jersey Voter Empowerment Act (NJVEA), which provides important voting rights protections ahead of the November 2026 elections.
Campaign...