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The Constitution guarantees the American people a system of government where each branch of government respects the powers and authority of the others and all Americans are free to express their political beliefs. We must preserve these principles.
Campaign Legal Center is actively engaged in the fight to defend the rule of law and political freedoms and safeguard constitutional checks and balances.
In our country, no one is above the law. The rule of law isn’t just a legal principle, it’s a safeguard. It ensures all people — including our most powerful public officials — are subject to the same laws and those laws are equally enforced. The rule of law also protects the rights that define us as Americans, from the freedom to speak out and express political dissent to the right to choose our own leaders.
Campaign Legal Center is committed to protecting the political freedoms of all Americans, defending the rule of law and preserving the checks and balances that prevent any one branch of government — or any one individual — from becoming too powerful. To that end, Campaign Legal Center is litigating against unlawful overreach and threats to the freedoms of all Americans, challenging dangerous legislation, and promoting solutions that will strengthen our democracy.
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Recent Rule of Law Cases and Actions
Campaign Legal Center, on behalf of Justice Connection, filed briefs in two cases — California Nurses Association v. Mullin and Service Employees International Union v. U.S. Department of Justice — seeking to prevent voter and election official intimidation and coercion.
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Government Accountability Project (GAP) and National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) challenged executive actions creating a new employment category that reclassified certain “policy-influencing” government employees and stripped them of key procedural protections. Campaign Legal Center filed a brief in support of GAP and NARFE’s position, alerting the court that these executive actions are subject to judicial review, undermine congressional intent and threaten to chill the speech of federal employees.
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In September 2026, Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that President Donald Trump violated federal campaign finance law — namely the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) — by raising and spending “soft money” via MAGA Inc., a PAC with which Trump has long been associated.
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On the Docket for The Rule of Law
Challenging Government-Funded Propaganda and Hatch Act Violations
Protecting Californians from the U.S. Department of Justice's Attempt to Disenfranchise Voters (United States of America v. California)
Challenging Government-Funded Propaganda and Hatch Act Violations
Preventing Voter Intimidation by the Trump Administration and Federal Agencies
Preventing Voter Intimidation by the Trump Administration and Federal Agencies
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