Today’s news confirms that Bernhardt’s conduct raises serious ethical questions, including whether he has exploited his power to advance the interests of the lobbying groups that used to pay his salary, potentially at the expense of the public.

Bernhardt’s behavior fits pattern of disregard for ethical norms across government agency tasked with managing the country’s natural resources.

CLC anticipates this legal action will enfranchise tens of thousands of voters in Arizona that were denied because of unnecessary bureaucracy.

Rudy Giuliani has been tasked with conducting U.S. foreign policy while retaining unknown private clients, and should be subject to the conflict of interest and other ethics laws that apply to federal employees.

A person’s ability to cast a ballot should not be determined by the date of their arrest or their ability to pay bail. Secretary of State Frank LaRose should ensure that all of Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections are prepared to assist all eligible voters who are arrested and held in pretrial...

Two Ukrainian-Americans who had been working with President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani on Ukrainian matters, were arrested late Wednesday for violating campaign finance laws. These arrests stemmed from a CLC complaint.

Foreign leaders already routinely decide to spend money at Trump properties, seemingly as a way to curry favor with the president, but this is the first time Trump will effectively force foreign leaders to do so.

The court has recognized that Florida can’t deny people the right to vote based on their ability to pay.

President Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry based on election law violations. Hear nonpartisan analysis from CLC’s legal experts about the president’s abuse of power and campaign finance violations.

On his phone call with the President of Ukraine, President Trump repeatedly pressured a newly-elected head of a foreign country to investigate a former U.S. Vice President and current candidate for President of the United States for his own political gain.

Briefs filed by CLC and Voters Not Politicians in Michigan seek a judgement that would allow the state to move forward with its independent redistricting commission.

La votación debe ser accesible a todos ciudadanos sin importar donde viven, el color de su piel, o la lengua que hablan.

Voting should be accessible to all citizens no matter where they live, the color of their skin or the language they speak.

A court granted the plaintiff's request for a temporary delay in enforcing Tennessee's law, which criminalizes voter registration activity.

A court decision has allowed CLC's challenge to a new Tennessee law that would restrict and penalize voter registration efforts - to proceed.

CLC is fighting with Native American Rights Fund to block North Dakota’s voter ID law, which disenfranchises Native Americans living on reservations.

We are proud to join Voters Not Politicians in the fight to protect Michigan’s democratically-enacted Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, a reform that will take the political incentives out of the redistricting process.

Nationwide, as many as 23 million citizens have felony convictions. In 2019, at least 30 states continue to disenfranchise some of these citizens based on wealth, according to a new report released by CLC.

By defying a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Trump ignores a long tradition of U.S. presidents obeying court decisions.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a decision finding that Secretary Ross lied about his reasons for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The quality of the census has been protected from the hasty addition of a politically-motivated question. It is of the utmost importance that the census...