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Plaintiffs’ Memorandum Opposing Legislative Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

Document
Date
June 7, 2022
Case
LWV Utah and MWEG v. Utah State Legislature

CLC and Utah co-counsel filed a response brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and individual voters opposing the Utah Legislature’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ partisan gerrymandering lawsuit.

CLC Vice President Urges New York Governor to Sign State Voting Rights Act into Law

Date
June 2, 2022
Issues
Voting and Elections
Redistricting
The New York Legislature has passed the most comprehensive state Voting Rights Act in the country, and CLC's Senior Vice President, Paul Smith, is now encouraging the governor to sign this legislation into law to protect communities of color against attacks on their freedom to vote.

Walen v. Burgum: U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota — Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Document
Date
May 26, 2022
Case
Walen v. Burgum

A three-judge panel denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in a federal court challenge to the two North Dakota State House subdistricts that follow the boundaries of Reservations. The court ruled in favor of the defendants, including the MHA Nation who intervened to defend the subdistrict containing their Reservation, holding that the non-Native plaintiffs had not met their burden of proving that race was a predominate factor in drawing the district boundaries and that the public interest counseled against granting relief since North Dakota’s primary has already begun.

Petteway v. Galveston County, Texas: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Galveston Division - Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint

Document
Date
May 25, 2022
Case
Petteway v. Galveston County, Texas

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and UCLA Voting Rights Project filed an amended complaint against Galveston County challenging the county’ drawing of discriminatory Commissioners Court maps in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

Good Government Organizations Ask President Biden to Call for Congressional Stock Trading Reform

Document
Date
May 24, 2022
Case
Enforcing and Strengthening Executive Branch Ethics Laws
We Need Stronger Oversight of Congressional Stock Trades
Strengthening Congressional Ethics Laws and Holding Lawmakers Accountable for Violations

Campaign Legal Center and 15 others across the political spectrum call for President Biden to uphold his campaign promise to actively support legislation that would prohibit members of Congress from trading stock.

Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Voters, Fair Maps

Date
May 18, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab
Issues
Redistricting
In a decision that will have ramifications for Kansas' voters for a decade, Kansas' Supreme Court reversed the district court's ruling the state’s recently enacted congressional map constituted a partisan gerrymander and intentionally diluted the voting power of racial minorities, violating the...

CLC Takes Fight for Fair Maps to Kansas Supreme Court

Date
May 16, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab
Issues
Redistricting
Paul Smith, senior vice president of Campaign Legal Center, issued the following statement after oral arguments at the Kansas Supreme Court regarding a congressional gerrymander concluded.

Harkenrider, et al v. Hochul, et al – CLC and Citizens Union Amicus Brief

Document
Date
April 24, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Citizens Union filed an amicus brief in support of neither party explaining the harms and undemocratic nature of extreme partisan gerrymandering and urging the New York Court of Appeals to apply the state’s express constitutional standards barring gerrymandering and invalidate any maps that constitute partisan gerrymanders.

Victory for Fair Maps in Kansas!

Date
April 25, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab
Issues
Redistricting
A Kansas district court ruled that the state’s recently enacted congressional map constituted a partisan gerrymander and intentionally diluted the voting power of racial minorities, violating the Kansas Constitution.

Alonzo v. Schwab: Wyandotte County District Court – Decision Granting Permanent Injunction of Challenged Congressional Plan

Document
Date
April 25, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab

Following a four-day trial, a Kansas district court concluded that the congressional map enacted by the Kansas Legislature is a partisan gerrymander that also intentionally and effectively dilutes minority votes in violation of the Kansas Constitution. The court enjoined the use of the map in future elections, including in 2022.

Harkenrider, et al v. Hochul, et al – CLC Amicus Brief

Document
Date
April 19, 2022

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief in support of neither party explaining the harms and undemocratic nature of extreme partisan gerrymandering and urging a New York appellate court to apply the state’s express constitutional standards barring gerrymandering and invalidate any maps that constitute partisan gerrymanders.

Alonzo v. Schwab: Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Wyandotte County District Court Civil Department - Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Document
Date
April 19, 2022
Case
Alonzo, et al. v. Schwab

Following a four-day trial in Wyandotte County District Court, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and its partners filed proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, asking the trial court to hold that the Kansas congressional redistricting plan, known as Ad Astra 2, violates the Kansas Constitution because it is an extreme partisan gerrymander and because it intentionally dilutes the votes of minority voters.

Brief of Amicus Curiae Campaign Legal Center

Document
Date
April 14, 2022
Case
In the Matter of the 2022 Maryland Legislative Redistricting

Campaign Legal Center submitted this amicus brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals advocating for the court to explicitly rule that partisan gerrymandering violates the Maryland Declaration of Rights.

Discriminatory Washington State Legislative Map to Remain in Place for 2022 Election, Lawsuit Heads to Trial

Date
April 13, 2022
Case
Soto Palmer, et al., v. Hobbs, et al.
Issues
Redistricting
CLC's Paul Smith issued the following statement after a district court in Washington denied a CLC motion to block the enacted state legislative map for district 15 from going into effect for the 2022 election cycle.

Victory! Court Upholds Maps Developed by Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission

Date
April 5, 2022
Case
Banerian v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
The district court upheld the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's congressional maps, ruling that these maps were the closest to complying with the U.S. Supreme Court's "one-person, one-vote rule."

Banerian v. Benson: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division - Order Denying Preliminary Injunction

Document
Date
April 1, 2022
Case
Banerian v. Benson

On April 1, 2022, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction in Banerian v. Benson, upholding the Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission’s enacted congressional redistricting plan.

Campaign Legal Center Seeks Enforcement of the Ban on Committee Staff Stock Holdings

Date
March 21, 2022
Case
Strengthening Congressional Ethics Laws and Holding Lawmakers Accountable for Violations
We Need Stronger Oversight of Congressional Stock Trades
Issues
Ethics
The lack of transparency and enforcement on clear conflicts of interest around senior committee staffers' stock trades is problematic, and it should be fixed.

Remarks as Prepared, LWV UT v. Utah State Legislature Press Conference

Document
Date
March 17, 2022

Read the remarks from speakers at the press conference discussing League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature.

Plaintiff Biographies, LWV UT v. Utah State Legislature

Document
Date
March 17, 2022

Read more about the individual and organizational plaintiffs in League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature.

Letter from CLC to Senate Ethics Committee Regarding Committee Staff Stock Ban

Document
Date
March 17, 2022
Case
Strengthening Congressional Ethics Laws and Holding Lawmakers Accountable for Violations
We Need Stronger Oversight of Congressional Stock Trades
How an Independent Ethics Committee in the Senate Would Help Reduce Corruption and Increase Accountability in Our Democracy

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asked the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, or Senate Ethics Committee, to disclose whether it authorized senior committee staff members’ stock holdings that appear to violate Senate rules, which ban ownership of stocks that conflict with their employing committee’s jurisdiction.  

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