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Voting Rights Institute Asks the Department of Justice to Investigate
A Texas County sheriff appears to be intimidating Latino voters from exercising their federally protected right to vote, and today the Voting Rights Institute sent a letter calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to...
Brief filed in advance of full panel oral arguments on May 24
WASHINGTON – Texas’ voter ID law, SB 14, is the strictest voter ID law in the country, discriminates against minority voters, and disenfranchises an estimated 600,000 registered Texas voters, the Campaign Legal Center argues in a brief...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Campaign Legal Center and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a complaint today on behalf of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and numerous individual voters, arguing that North Carolina’s 2016 congressional redistricting plan violates the 1st and 14th...
The Campaign Legal Center, the Voting Rights Institute, and the law firm of Jenner & Block, alongside a star-studded team of civil rights lawyers, today filed a lawsuit in Alabama district court on behalf of U.S. citizens with past felony convictions who have been denied the right to vote due to...
Even Despite Inadequate FEC Fundraising Rules, Schock Faces $10,000 Penalty
More than four years after the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed a complaint, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has finally fined former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) $10,000 for violating the prohibition on...
FEC Must Investigate Illegal Bonuses Tied to Campaign Donations
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center today asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate Boston-based Thornton Law Firm for reimbursing partners almost exact amounts for their political campaign contributions. This scheme...
Today, it’s important to remember that elections come and go, but CLC’s mission remains constant: We will continue to fight to improve our democracy and for the fundamental right of all Americans to participate in the political process. We will continue to vigorously work for changes in money in...
HOUSTON – After six years of litigation, the pervasive and egregious corruption within the Houston Independent School District has been dealt a serious blow by a jury of Houston citizens. Today, the Campaign Legal Center, alongside Lawyers at Brazil & Dunn and The Greenwood Prather Law Firm...
CLC, Coalition of Groups, Urge President-Elect Trump to Reconsider Current Plan
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, along with other watchdog groups and individuals, sent a letter calling on President-elect Donald Trump to alter his plan to have his children handle the Trump Organization...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center released the following statement about President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate Jeff Sessions for Attorney General:
“Jeff Sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to fairness and equality under the law, a commitment that should be a minimum...
Congress can make good on calls to ‘drain the swamp’
WASHINGTON – Today, a coalition of watchdog groups and congressional scholars urged House and Senate leaders from both parties to strengthen ethics rules and address known weaknesses in current rules. The package of proposed reforms cover travel...
CLC, Leading Governance Experts Urge the President-elect to Avoid Ongoing Conflicts of Interest and Protect the Integrity of the Presidency
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center joined today with a bipartisan group of signers, including past Republican and Democratic White House Counsels, in a...
Smith Will Lead Groundbreaking Litigation to Advance Key Protections for Democracy
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center is extremely pleased to welcome to its staff one of the nation’s leading attorneys, Paul M. Smith, as vice president of litigation and strategy. Mr. Smith brings more than...
Hebert tells of racial insensitivity by Sessions, exposes willful inaccuracies in his questionnaire, and explains the harm he would do to voting rights as AG
WASHINGTON – Today, Gerry Hebert, director of voting rights and redistricting program at the Campaign Legal Center has submitted written...
President-elect’s Plans Leave Nation in Unprecedented Territory
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump made clear today he will retain retain full ownership of Trump Organization while turning over management of the business to his sons, a choice that will create the appearance, and perhaps be...
WASHINGTON — Today, civil rights leaders and voting rights experts provided reaction to the confirmation hearing of Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions and discussed his voting rights history, including Gerry Hebert, who testified against Sen. Sessions this week during the hearings. Read Hebert...
Pruitt Can’t Play Both Sides of a Case
WASHINGTON– Today, the Campaign Legal Center called on Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to recuse himself from the multiple lawsuits he brought against the agency as Attorney General of Oklahoma...
5th Circuit’s Decision That the Law is Discriminatory Will Stand
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear the case, Veasey v. Abbott, a challenge to Texas’s voter ID law, SB 14, the strictest photo voter ID law in the country. In refusing to grant certiorari, the Supreme Court...
Trump Administration Lays Groundwork to Silence Minorities, Elderly, Youth in Future ElectionsWASHINGTON – This morning, President Donald Trump called for a “major investigation” into potential voter fraud, alleging that millions of undocumented immigrants voted in the 2016 election, and that...
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a five-year lobbying ban for anyone who leaves the executive branch in the Trump administration to work in the private sector. The order maintains many, but not all, of the improvements made in 2009 by the Obama...