Recent Cases & Actions
At the start of the 2025 government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) altered employees’ “out-of-office” email autoreply messages to include explicitly partisan language without their consent. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a brief in support of the employees, emphasizing the importance of a nonpartisan civil service in ensuring trust in our government.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has a responsibility to protect Americans’ freedom to vote, but recent actions by the DOJ are instead endangering these freedoms by attempting to seize sensitive voter information from states in what is an improper overreach by the federal government.
Every American should be able to make their voice heard. Recently, states and individuals have been attempting to remove eligible voters from the rolls and challenge eligible voters’ validly cast ballots. These actions violate federal law and threaten Americans’ freedom to vote. Campaign Legal Center will protect all Americans’ freedom to vote.
CLC's lawyers litigate cases across the nation protecting voting rights, fighting unconstitutional gerrymandering and defending against attacks on campaign finance and disclosure laws. CLC also serves as a watchdog, applying pressure to governmental agencies that fail to enforce campaign finance laws and voting protections.
Campaign Legal Center Action (CLCA), on behalf of the gun safety organization Giffords, filed suit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and two political campaigns for violating federal campaign finance laws. This suit follows the FEC's failure to comply with a court order to take action on the allegations against the NRA.
Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment to create an independent redistricting commission to redraw the state’s voting districts. A group of plaintiffs sued to block its implementation. CLC serves as co-counsel for Voters Not Politicians, a nonpartisan, citizen-led organization that worked to pass the constitutional amendment.
In 2021, Georgia passed a new elections law that severely limits the ability of third parties to provide voters with assistance requesting, obtaining and submitting absentee ballot applications. CLC represents several organizations who distribute absentee ballot applications in challenging this burdensome and unnecessary law.
