It is time for the U.S. Supreme Court to act. They have a golden opportunity to enforce the Constitution in a manner that will rein in partisan gerrymandering – done by both parties – and create ground rules that safeguard the fundamental right of all Americans to have their vote count.

Nearly three-quarters of voters support the U.S. Supreme Court establishing clear rules for when gerrymandering violates the Constitution, with broad support extending across partisan and racial lines.

The Campaign Legal Center and the Voting Rights Institute Submit Comments to the Bureau to Protect Voting Power of Minority Communities

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center filed comments urging the U.S. Census Bureau to change its proposed rule on how it plans to count incarcerated prisoners...

CLC Releases New Report Proposing a Key Solution for Partisan Gerrymandering and Achieving Fair Elections 

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, which is litigating the landmark case Whitford v. Gill to end partisan gerrymandering, today released a report, Make Democracy Count: Ending Partisan...

CLC Letter Against Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) Leads to Possible Investigation by the House Ethics Committee

WASHINGTON – Late yesterday, the House Ethics Committee revealed that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) found “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) may have...

CLC Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Virginia racial gerrymandering case

The Campaign Legal Center today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, a case of critical importance for the future of racial...

Today at 10am ET, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on HR 1, For the People Act, a sweeping package of reforms that offers some of the most comprehensive advances our democracy has seen in decades.

CLC’s new issue brief describes how PATA, which was re-introduced, would attend to pressing democracy issues like single-candidate super PACs and digital disclosure loopholes.

While the fight is not over, this decision is a sigh of relief for people in the country that could have been adversely affected by the lack of representation caused by being undercounted in the Census.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments in a challenge to North Carolina’s 2016 congressional map, which is one of the most egregious partisan gerrymanders in American history. It will also hear the Maryland challenge, in which Democrats discriminated against Republicans for their...

Americans are entitled to a democracy that works for them, and having HR1 passed as the first order of business in the new Congress.

Court ruling echoes CLC argument: ranked choice voting encourages First Amendment expression without discriminating against any voter based on viewpoint or other criteria.

Secretary Ross’s vague and inconsistent filings raise questions about whether the financial interests of a wealthy cabinet secretary influenced administration policies affecting American companies.

In the 2018 midterms, Americans overwhelmingly voted to support measures to end extreme partisan gerrymandering, improve the way we fund elections to give every day voters a voice in the political process, expand voting access and move toward a more ethical and accountable government.

This is a dangerous and authoritarian step, and threatens the rule of law. The President is seeking to control or influence an investigation into activities of his presidential campaign and some of its top officials.

Bipartisan poll shows overwhelming support from Republicans, Independents and Democrats

In the first-ever bipartisan survey on partisan gerrymandering and the Supreme Court, an overwhelming majority (71 to 15 percent) of Americans want the Supreme Court to place limits on lawmakers’ ability to...

CLC has added 28 new plaintiffs to the Wisconsin partisan gerrymander challenge, and submitted evidence proving that the state’s redistricting plan inflicted district-specific harm on plaintiffs by diluting their votes, as well as infringing all 40 plaintiffs’ associational rights.

The fight for fair maps in North Carolina continues as a North Carolina Court ruled that the state’s maps are an unconstitutional gerrymander for the second time.

The Supreme Court could hear North Carolina case in the 2018-19 term in time for new maps in 2020