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Filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
CLC filed a complaint against the Department of Justice (DOJ) so that the public can learn the truth about the DOJ’s complicity in the politicization of the census.
The Supreme Court of the United States punted on its decision to judge partisan gerrymandering claims out of Wisconsin and Maryland, sending them back to the trial courts for further evidence. This CLC report lays out state constitutional provisions that address redistricting and includes analysis about political and geographic boundaries, and examples of legal solutions to preserve communities of interest.
CLC submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in Michigan Supreme Court in support of the Voters Not Politicians grassroots group, which organized a ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide if they want independent redistricting commissions.
CLC filed its supplemental brief at the Supreme Court, urging it to take the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case, rather than send it down to a lower court.
CLC signed onto a letter opposing the Department of Justice's request for a new citizenship question on the 2020 census, which would threaten a fair and accurate decennial census.
CLC signed a letter to Secretary Wilbur Ross expressing legal concerns about the leadership of the Census Bureau.
On February 2, 2018, CLC submitted a FOIA to the Department of Justice for information on the 2020 Census citizenship question.
The Civil Rights Division responded to CLC's FOIA by saying they will not disclose the requested documents since they are covered by deliberative process and attorney work product.
CLC, with over 300 other organizations, sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform calling upon them to hold oversight hearings in regards to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
CLC, with over 300 other organizations, sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs calling upon them to hold oversight hearings in regards to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
CLC and FairVote produced a joint report on litigation in the states to protect voting rights and advance fair redistricting.
CLC sent a letter to the Missouri Senate Committee on Rules, Joint Rules, Resolution and Ethics on May 17, 2018 opposing their proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. CLC is arguing that using the citizen population instead of the total population for one-person-one-vote purposes will disenfranchise minority communities by undercounting both citizens and non-citizens.
CLC's amicus brief submitted March 5, 2018.
Corman v. Torres: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - Motion and Brief in support.
Corman v. Torres: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - memo of the law in support of plaintiffs' motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction.
Corman v. Torres: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - Complaint
The American Civil Liberties Union, The ACLU of Maryland and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Benisek.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc., the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Lavelle Lemon, Marlon Reid, Celeste Sims, Patricia Smith, and Coley Tyson filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of neither party.