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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear North Carolina’s Partisan Gerrymandering Case at the Present

Date
June 25, 2018
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting

Rucho v. League of Women Voters of NC sent back to District Court for reconsideration

WASHINGTON D.C. — Following its decision last week clarifying the standard for assessing whether challengers have standing to raise partisan gerrymandering claims, the U.S. Supreme Court sent North Carolina’s...

CLC Asked to File Expedited Brief for NC Gerrymandering Case

Date
June 27, 2018
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting
The court asked CLC to file an expedited brief by July 11.

Bipartisan House Bill Introduced to Combat Foreign Interference

June 29, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

This week, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress introduced the REFUSE Act to close the loopholes that foreign actors have used to secretly influence U.S. democracy. CLC advised the House offices on the text of the bill.

Judge Kavanaugh’s Views on Campaign Finance and Presidential Power Are Troubling for Democracy

Date
July 9, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Judge Kavanaugh’s views raise concerns about how he would analyze congressional efforts to insulate President Trump from cooperating with the Mueller probe. The President is not above the law.

Complaint: Trump Campaign Violated Federal Law’s Soft Money Ban

Date
July 11, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Donald Trump, his 2016 campaign committee, and the Donald J. Trump Foundation violated federal campaign finance law by soliciting and spending “soft money” funds in connection with his 2016...

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) Releases State Resources to Hold Politicians Accountable for Partisan Gerrymandering

Date
July 17, 2018
Issues
Redistricting
CLC outlined a legal and policy roadmap for state leaders to advocate for fair redistricting inside and outside of the courtroom.

All Expenses Paid: How Leadership PACs Became Politicians’ Preferred Ticket to Luxury Living

Date
July 19, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Politicians use leadership PACs to stay at five-star resorts, pay for golf memberships and spend big at Disney properties.

New IRS Policy Helps Foreign Influence and Dark Money Stay in the Dark

July 20, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

The IRS’s new policy will make laundering foreign money through dark-money groups simpler and our electoral system more susceptible to abuse.

Trevor Potter Statement in Support of CLEAN Politics Act

Date
July 25, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
CLC supports the CLEAN Politics Act, which will check the excessive influence of lobbyists and big money in our politics.

LLCs: The Perfect Mechanism to Funnel Secret (and Perhaps Foreign) Money Into Elections

July 30, 2018
Case
CLC v. FEC (Straw Donors)
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC has long pointed to the problem of shell corporations being used to evade disclosure laws. In some cases, this is a way that foreign actors, who are not permitted to engage in political activity in the U.S., are able to make contributions to super PACs supporting campaigns.

Sore Losers: Why Hasn't the FEC Appealed a Case in Over a Decade?

July 31, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

This summer marks the ten-year anniversary of the last time a federal circuit court decided a case appealed by the FEC.

Census Citizenship Question Would Distort Our Representative Democracy

August 9, 2018
Issues
Redistricting

Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census will hinder its ability to provide an accurate snapshot of our nation’s population.