The federal government's repeated failure to enact stronger voting rights protections means states must take a more proactive role in passing laws that protect the freedom to vote for all Americans.

This issue is particularly important given the weakening of federal voting rights laws by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the proliferation of anti-voter...

Our democracy works best when everybody can participate. But a bill in Congress, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, could silence millions of voters by creating new barriers to voter registration that make it harder for Americans to make their voices heard.

Below are some of the many ways the SAVE Act could prevent Americans from...

Voters have a right to know which wealthy special interests are spending big money to influence their decisions and their government to rig the political system in their favor. 

But years of living under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), commonly known as Citizens United, has made it easier than...

Dismissal from the civil service due to political beliefs, whether one’s own beliefs or the beliefs of one’s family, is blatantly unlawful. Congress has long protected civil servants from discrimination based on their personal political beliefs, and all Americans have a First Amendment right to their beliefs.  

But President Trump’s relentless...

All voters, no matter how they cast their ballot, should have the freedom to make their voices heard. This is a cornerstone of American democracy.

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case challenging a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if...

On December 24, 2025, the United States Postal Service (USPS) published revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) regarding USPS’s policies and operations related to the use of postmarks, prompting questions about how these revisions may affect mail voting.  

In USPS’s own words, the newly adopted Section 608.11 of the DMM “is intended to explain...

President Donald Trump is using the pardon power to attempt to erase accountability, reward those who helped him attack the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and rewrite the history of what happened that day.

These pardons send an unmistakable message: Those who help subvert an election to help President Trump will be rewarded rather than...

Since the beginning of his second term, President Trump and his administration have renewed their efforts to undermine Americans’ freedom to vote.

The current administration has sought to seize voter data from the states, unlawfully change the way our elections are run, and attack voting rights.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is pushing back on these...

The American system of representative self-government is being tested in ways we haven’t seen in generations, if ever. President Donald Trump’s second term has brought a wave of actions that challenge the very principles that system is built on. 

From attempting to take control of federal elections to threatening peaceful protestors and bypassing...

The media platforms that voters engage with, many of which feature political ads intended to influence their vote, change over time — sometimes quite rapidly. It is vital that federal campaign finance laws designed to ensure transparency and curb corruption remain relevant by adapting to the changing way voters consume content.  

Campaign Legal...

Many people in jail are eligible to vote, such as those who are pre-trial or serving misdemeanors, which usually do not affect voting rights. This right to vote is protected under state and federal constitutions. But for some jailed voters in Louisiana, this constitutional promise is impossible to fulfill.

Voters in jail face extraordinary barriers...

President Donald Trump’s second term has been characterized by relentlessly testing (and often overriding) the legal and constitutional limits of presidential authority. A mountain of legally dubious executive orders, a number of ethically questionable actions, and countless examples of executive overreach have blurred the line on where...

The Trump administration is making it harder for newly naturalized citizens to exercise their freedom to vote.  

A new rule enacted by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) prohibits nonpartisan civic engagement groups from providing voter registration and education services at administrative naturalization ceremonies — a...

Voters have a right to know that their elected representatives are acting in the public’s best interest and are not motivated by their personal financial interests.

However, the lack of constraints on congressional stock trading means there is little to prevent lawmakers from accruing personal wealth through strategic trading, possibly at the...

For decades, Congress has used its legislative authority to create independent agencies that operate free from direct control of the president. Now, President Donald Trump seeks to flout these congressional mandates by insisting that the president have control of all facets of these agencies.

The president's attempted power grab over independent...

After nearly a decade-long battle for a fair congressional district map, Utahns have successfully secured the opportunity for fair representation ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. 

Utahns have been fighting since at least 2018 for fair voting maps and fair representation. Every time Utah voters score a victory in this fight, state lawmakers erect...

Just as every American has the right to political speech, no American should be forced to express a political statement they do not agree with.  

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) attempted to violate this right when, during the 2025 government shutdown, it altered employees’ “out-of-office” auto-reply email messages without their knowledge or...

In a victory for American voters, a key part of the president’s recent executive order on elections was successfully and permanently halted. The president attempted to act beyond his power by unconstitutionally trying to establish new voter registration requirements and directing an independent agency to make drastic changes to our elections.    

Ca...

Throughout the Trump administration, a top-down culture of corruption has set the stage for a staggering rise in conflicts of interest violations, pay-to-play favors, and a lack of transparency.

Now, one of the highest-ranking members of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — the Trump administration's so-called border czar — appears to be...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case this term that has the potential to further erode voter protections and hurt voters across the country.  

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court is being asked to reconsider whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) can be used to ensure all voters can vote under fair maps and make their voices...

For almost a decade, Utahns have been fighting for fair voting maps and fair representation. Yet, every time Utah voters score a victory in this fight, a new hurdle materializes that prevents these efforts from moving forward in time for the next election.  

As we get closer to the 2026 midterm elections, Campaign Legal Center is continuing to fight...