In America, every voice should be heard, and every vote should count equally. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 is an important federal law which protects that important ideal by banning racial discrimination in voting.  

The VRA was passed to keep the promise of the 15th Amendment, which states that the right to vote cannot be denied based on...

American democracy belongs to the people, not foreign interests seeking to influence elections with their money. That’s why federal campaign finance law bans foreign nationals — including foreign citizens and governments — from spending in federal, state and local elections.  

Evidence developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and laid...

Voters have a right to know who is spending to influence their vote and their government. Federal campaign finance laws protect this right by requiring federal candidates and committees to disclose their contributors.

But these laws haven’t stopped some wealthy individuals and special interests from trying to conceal their political contributions...

When only a small group of people with extraordinary wealth have power over the government, our system is not responsive to the will of the people, but rather to the will of a handful of wealthy donors whose biggest concerns are lining their own pockets.  

Yet, President Trump is rewarding his biggest donors with political favors and countless...

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...

Although executive orders have been used by presidents as far back as George Washington, they have become the subject of much discussion since the start of the second Trump administration.

Immediately upon reassuming office, Trump issued a flurry of executive orders that could be consequential for millions of Americans.  

But the president is not a...

Our democracy works best when every voter can participate in it, but eligible voters can be removed from the voter rolls due to an unfair practice called voter purging.  

Voter purges, or efforts to remove a significant number of voters from the registration rolls all at once, ultimately threaten Americans’ freedom to vote and tend to...

Voters have a right to know which wealthy special interests are spending big money to influence our vote and our 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 ever for...

With his swearing in on January 20, Donald Trump is officially the 47th president of the United States. The first 100 days of his administration will give us a good idea of how President Trump plans to execute his agenda over the next four years.

The president must serve the American people, not his own interests. Campaign Legal Center stands ready...

Technology giants Amazon, Meta and Google are among the many corporate special interests that ponied up $1 million apiece to pay for Donald Trump’s second inauguration.  

While much of the official ceremony is covered by the federal government, private donations collected through Trump’s inaugural committee can be leveraged to bankroll a multi-day...

Those who are in America’s top positions of power should be chosen for their experience and ability, not for their loyalty to a particular party or president.  

The Senate confirmation process serves as an important check on the president’s power and is a crucial vehicle for transparency and accountability.  

The confirmation process is intended to...

President Biden had four years to make good on his promises to reform ethics and transparency laws in the wake of the first Trump administration.

Biden proposed to create a government that works for the people, not wealthy special interests, lobbyists or big political donors.

Despite having opportunities to do so, Biden only fulfilled three of the 25...

The 2024 presidential election did not end in the early hours of November 6, when major news networks called the race for President-elect Donald Trump. Instead, the full process actually ended on January 6, when Congress officially counted each state’s electoral votes.

Our democracy includes a comprehensive set of checks and balances to ensure all...

When the new Congress is sworn in on January 3, its members must immediately vote to decide whether they want to be subject to effective ethics enforcement by the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).  

The OCE serves an essential role in democracy by providing independent, nonpartisan oversight of the House of Representatives, safeguarding it...

President Biden has announced his support for a ban on congressional stock trading a few weeks before new members of Congress are sworn in with high levels of stock ownership that are already drawing concerns about the potential for conflicts of interest.  

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) completed a review of the personal financial disclosure reports...

Have you ever wondered why just a handful of states seem to determine the outcome of the presidential election?  

The answer is simple: In the United States, we use a process known as the Electoral College to elect our president. Whoever gets the most votes for president across the country does not necessarily win the presidency; instead, a...

President-elect Donald Trump has revived efforts on one of his most controversial executive orders from his first term.  

The creation of Schedule F, reversed by the Biden administration before it could be implemented, would pave the way for Trump to fire thousands of career civil servants and replace them with loyalists.

These federal employees, who...

Voters have a right to know that government officials are working for the public, not wealthy special interests.  

For over 50 years, state ethics commissions have been critical to our democracy by ensuring officials adhere to high ethical standards to preserve public trust in government.

Their role in implementing and enforcing lobbying, conflicts...

Voters have a right to know who is spending money to influence their vote and our government. Transparency is necessary to understand who is supporting which candidates so that voters can make informed choices at the ballot box.

That’s why federal law requires candidates and committees to disclose their contributors.  

But wealthy special interests...

President-elect Donald Trump may attempt to have the U.S. Senate confirm his political nominees without a complete investigation into their financial holdings and potential conflicts of interest.

This ethics investigation, conducted by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is a legal requirement and an indispensable part of our system of checks and...

In a win for transparency, the Washington Court of Appeals rejected Facebook parent company Meta’s challenge to a campaign finance law in Washington state that requires digital platforms to keep records of political advertising that takes place on their sites.  

As a result of this decision, these disclosure requirements — which provide Washington...