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Cases & Actions

Recent Cases & Actions

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing the League of Women Voters of Utah (LWV), Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) and individual voters in a lawsuit to block Utah from implementing a congressional redistricting map that constitutes an extreme partisan gerrymander and reinstating the citizen-led initiative to establish an independent redistricting commission. 

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The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) filed suit to challenge longstanding limits on how much political parties can spend in “coordination” with federal candidates. Campaign Legal Center has joined the case as an amicus curiae to help defend the coordinated spending limits, arguing the lawsuit is foreclosed by a that a 2001 decision by the Supreme Court upheld these federal limits because they prevented donors from routing big money to candidates through party committees. 

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Our democracy is strongest when it includes all Americans. Citizenship is the key to unlocking democratic participation.

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Featured Cases
Enforcing Campaign Finance Laws: Giffords v. FEC
NRA Executives with President Donald Trump

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.

Defending Independent Redistricting: Daunt v. Benson
Protesters hold signs for fair maps at the U.S. Supreme Court

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.

VoteAmerica v. Raffensperger
A woman with her back to the camera holds a sign which says "Voting access for ALL", while standing with others in front of a large mural of John Lewis.

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.

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