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Walen v. Burgum

Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation and individual Native voters are seeking to defend the North Dakota State House subdistrict that encompasses the Tribe’s Reservation. The district protects tribal citizens’ right to fair representation and was required by the Voting Rights Act.

In the Matter of the 2022 Maryland Legislative Redistricting

Updated
April 14, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

This case is a challenge to Maryland’s state legislative redistricting plan, arguing that the plan is an extreme partisan gerrymander that violates the Maryland Constitution. CLC filed an amicus brief discussing the harms of partisan gerrymandering and advocating that the Maryland Court of Appeals...

LWV Utah and MWEG v. Utah State Legislature

Updated
March 22, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing the League of Women Voters of Utah (LWV), Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) and individual voters in a lawsuit to block Utah from implementing a congressional redistricting map that constitutes an extreme partisan gerrymander and reinstating the...

Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab

Updated
February 14, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

Kansas’ 2022 congressional redistricting plan is a partisan and racial gerrymander that violates the rights of Kansan voters under the state constitution. CLC, along with co-counsel, represents 11 voters challenging the unconstitutional plan and demanding a fair map. 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Nation, et al., v. Jaeger

Updated
February 8, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

North Dakota’s 2021 legislative map illegally dilutes Native Americans’ voting power in northern North Dakota. The Spirit Lake Nation, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and individual Native voters challenged the map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Banerian v. Benson

Updated
February 7, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

Michiganders approved a constitutional amendment to create an IRC to redraw the state’s voting districts. After the commission drew new congressional maps following the 2020 census, a group of plaintiffs filed a lawsuit challenging them. CLC represents VNP, a nonpartisan, citizen-led organization...

Soto Palmer, et al., v. Hobbs, et al.

Updated
January 19, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC and co-counsel are suing to ensure that the voting strength of Latino voters is not unlawfully diluted in state legislative elections in Washington’s Yakima Valley and Pasco region, that this community can remain together and that Latino voters have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of...

Petteway v. Galveston County, Texas

Updated
January 18, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

Galveston County, Texas has a long history of diminishing the voting strength of Black and Latino voters in county-wide elections. To enable voters to decide elections’ outcomes, CLC is representing several Galveston County residents to challenge Galveston County’s ongoing discrimination in drawing...

Promoting Strong Enforcement of Ethics Laws at the State and Local Levels

Updated
December 20, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

The health of our democracy depends on accountable, inclusive and transparent processes at all levels of government. CLC works with lawmakers, ethics commissions and other nonprofit groups in cities and states to provide guidance and propose solutions for stronger ethics at the state and local...

Strengthening Congressional Ethics Laws and Holding Lawmakers Accountable for Violations

Updated
December 20, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

Members of Congress are elected to serve their constituents’ interests. Ethics laws provide the accountability and transparency necessary to ensure that members of Congress are committed to the people rather than their own wallets. CLC proposes solutions for stronger ethics in Congress and serves as...

Enforcing and Strengthening Executive Branch Ethics Laws

Updated
December 20, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

Federal executive branch officials should make decisions with the public’s best interests in mind. Ethics laws are exist to maintain this high standard. CLC works to hold officials accountable to these laws laws and proposes stricter laws where needed to compel officials to serve the public’s...

Ensuring Colorado’s Redistricting Maps Fulfill the State Constitution’s Protections Against Vote Dilution

Updated
October 29, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed two briefs in two cases before the Colorado Supreme Court on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Colorado League United of Latin American Citizens (together, “LULAC”), advocating for congressional and state legislative redistricting maps...

Passing the “Freedom to Vote Act” To Create A Democracy That Works for Us All

Updated
September 29, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Voting and Elections
Redistricting
Campaign Finance

Congress should pass and President Biden should sign into law the Freedom to Vote Act. This sweeping, transformative bill would make the promise of democracy more real for us all by increasing Americans’ access to the freedom to vote, curbing gerrymandering and improving the functionality of the...

BLOC et al v. Spindell et al (Wisconsin Redistricting)

Updated
September 9, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC is representing Wisconsin voters and advocacy organizations in a legal challenge to ensure that Wisconsin’s current state assembly maps are struck down as unconstitutional and new maps are drawn for future elections.

We Need Stronger Oversight of Congressional Stock Trades

Updated
January 26, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

Many members of Congress actively involved in the buying and trading of stocks are failing to disclose such trades in a timely manner. This has led to a widespread, bipartisan trend of ethics violations. Penalties for this behavior, governed by an opaque system, are rare and nominal. Consequently...

How an Independent Ethics Committee in the Senate Would Help Reduce Corruption and Increase Accountability in Our Democracy

Updated
April 13, 2022
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

To reduce corruption and hold senators accountable, an independent ethics committee focused on the Senate and made up of nonmembers must be established. Without ethics enforcement, members will continue to favor the priorities of donors and special interests. We need stronger ethics enforcement to...

Empower Texans, Inc. & Michael Quinn Sullivan V. Texas Ethics Commission

Updated
January 27, 2021
Status
Active
Issues
Ethics

For 30 years, the Texas Ethics Commission (the “Commission”) has deterred public corruption and provided transparency in elections by enforcing the state’s ethics, campaign finance and lobbying laws. CLC is urging the state circuit court to uphold the state’s constitution and allow the Commission to...

Illinois Opportunity v. Bullock

Updated
June 1, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Montana has strong transparency requirements for businesses that make political contributions and expenditures while seeking lucrative contracts with state government agencies. CLC is urging the court to uphold these requirements, which advance core First Amendment principles in promoting political...

Sinner v. Jaeger

Updated
May 6, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

CLC is challenging North Dakota’s onerous requirements to get North Dakota Voters First’s (NDVF) proposed constitutional amendment before voters. NDVF, CLC’s client, is seeking to implement impartial legislative redistricting and instant runoff voting in North Dakota.

Chiafalo v. Washington

Updated
April 8, 2020
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

CLC is advocating in favor of state laws requiring that presidential electors follow the popular vote in their state.

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