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.
CLC 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, CLC 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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Campaign Legal Center Action is representing Tennessee Senator Charlane Oliver and four of her constituents in a lawsuit seeking to protect Senator Oliver’s right to free speech and her constituents’ right to equal representation following unlawful punishments against the senator and her constituents in retaliation for her speech.
Campaign Legal Center and Singleton Schreiber filed an amicus brief on behalf of 53 former federal prosecutors and agents challenging a scheme that gives paid Truth Social subscribers early access to President Donald Trump’s official announcements. The brief argues that the arrangement enables self-dealing, encourages corruption and serves no legitimate government purpose.
The First Amendment protects Americans’ right to observe and take photos and videos of law enforcement officers — including federal agents involved in immigration enforcement — performing their official duties in public. Yet leadership at the highest levels of the federal government have authorized a policy of intimidation and retaliation against constitutional observers for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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