Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has filed suit against Iowa Values, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the reelection of Sen. Joni Ernst, directly for failing to register as a political action committee (PAC).
By failing to register as a PAC, Iowa Values did not report who their contributors are or where that money was spent on and deprived voters...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) hosted "How to Ensure That Redistricting Is Fair, Open, and Accessible,” a virtual discussion on the role that ethics provisions play in increasing public trust and promoting transparency and accountability in the redistricting process.
CLC experts Ruth Greenwood, co-director of voting rights and redistricting...
This year brings a once-in-a-decade window of opportunity to strip self-interested politicians of the ability to create voting districts that favor their reelection and give voters the power to choose their politicians. During the 2021 redistricting cycle, it is possible to make our democracy more responsive, enabling everyone to have their vote...
Any elected official who incites mob violence as part of a campaign to subvert our democracy is unfit to hold public office in the future.
This week’s impeachment trial is an opportunity for the public to hear the extent to which former President Trump used a campaign of disinformation to bully election officials and attempt to steal an election...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has called on the U.S. House Committee on Ethics to act immediately on lawmakers’ public threats of punishing companies that are withholding political contributions in response to the Capitol riot. Over 70 companies announced that they will suspend some or all of their political action committee (PAC) contributions after...
The For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) is a comprehensive piece of legislation that would address critical challenges facing our democracy.
As Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has detailed, this bill will advance voting rights for all, strengthen ethics laws, increase transparency, curtail partisan gerrymandering, and decrease the influence of wealthy...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC), as part of the Arizona Coalition to End Jail Based Disenfranchisement, has sent a total of 90 records requests to understand how many people in Arizona jails are being denied their constitutional right to vote across the state.
As of Jan. 28, 2021, 49 requests remain unanswered. Arizona is shielding the public from...
The country watched in shock as a mob of Trump supporters breached Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, seeking to delay the inevitable certification of President Biden’s victory. A lot of the blame for this incident has correctly fallen to former President Trump. Since his presidency began, Trump has made false claims of voter fraud and illegal voting.
But...
In his first day in office, President Biden took executive action to reverse the Trump administration’s unlawful policy of excluding undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census apportionment count. His action restores America’s commitment to equal representation and honors the U.S. Constitution’s clear mandate to count all people residing in the...
This article originally ran in The Fulcrum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization exclusively focused on efforts to reverse the dysfunctions plaguing American democracy.
The 2020 election year was the most logistically challenging in American history. Last February, just as the presidential primary season began, Covid-19 began spreading like...
Former president Donald Trump issued pardons during his final hours of office that confirm his legacy of pardoning public corruption. Although part of his legacy will be pardons for his political allies and cash for clemency, an underlying and unprecedented theme of his pardons is the removal of accountability for officials who committed crimes...
Inauguration Day 2021 has arrived, and the candidate chosen by the voters—Joe Biden—is being sworn in. Whether individuals supported Biden or Trump, the main thing is that it was the voters—expressing their will through our Electoral College process—who selected the next president.
This is how it’s supposed to be.
That happened. Despite it all...
A record 160 million Americans voted in the 2020 general election and made their voices heard, a remarkable achievement during a year defined by overlapping challenges.
President Trump used his megaphone to try and delegitimize election results while a viral pandemic spread like wildfire through the country. But hardworking election officials...
In a last-minute effort to try to take advantage of a once in a decade opportunity to fix the state’s deeply broken redistricting process, a group of Illinois House lawmakers is proposing a bill to create fair maps by establishing an independent redistricting commission (IRC).
Every state should have districts that allow every vote to count...
After nearly a year and a half, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) again has a quorum. Now, ahead of the first public meeting with its three newest commissioners, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is urging the agency to carry out its obligations of enforcing, administering, and interpreting campaign finance laws.
As the only government agency...
A violent mob forced its way into the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting the joint session of Congress to receive and count Electoral College votes. Thankfully, within a few hours, the halls of the Capitol were cleared. On Jan. 7, 2021, Congress was able to finish certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s and Vice President-elect Kamala...
On Jan. 3, 2021 the 117th Congress was sworn into office. On January 6, Congress will meet in a joint session to officially count the electoral votes cast in December. The congressional meeting on January 6 is the final step in the Electoral College process, confirming the electoral vote majority that Joe Biden won in December.
Congress’ only job...
The For the People Act, H.R. 1, is a sweeping democracy reform package that has been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress.
If passed, this much-needed legislation would enact some of the greatest, most comprehensive improvements our democracy has seen in decades.
Congress should pass, and President Joe Biden should sign, H.R. 1 into law. This bill w...
For the first time, we have heard with our own ears a president attempting to procure false election results.
On Jan. 2, 2021, President Trump engaged in an hourlong phone call badgering Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to use his position as the state’s chief election official to “find” 11,780 votes in order to sway the election to...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against a super PAC that made illegal contributions to the Trump campaign by quietly paying to target the campaign’s digital ads to voters in swing states. The super PAC “Our American Century” raised $7.5 million in 2020, and spent $5.5 million on digital ads...
Earlier this year, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the Trump Campaign laundered $170 million in spending to conceal payments to people close to the Trump family and campaign.
To conceal the campaign’s transactions to vendors, American Made Media Consultants LLC (AMMC), was...