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New Bipartisan Poll Shows Support for Supreme Court to Establish Clear Rules for Gerrymandering

Date
January 28, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek
Gill v. Whitford
Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States
Issues
Redistricting
Nearly three-quarters of voters support the U.S. Supreme Court establishing clear rules for when gerrymandering violates the Constitution, with broad support extending across partisan and racial lines.

U.S. Census Bureau Should Change How it Counts Incarcerated Individuals in the 2020 Census

Date
July 28, 2016
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights

The Campaign Legal Center and the Voting Rights Institute Submit Comments to the Bureau to Protect Voting Power of Minority Communities

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center filed comments urging the U.S. Census Bureau to change its proposed rule on how it plans to count incarcerated prisoners...

Make Democracy Count: The Harmful Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering on Voters and Our Democracy

Date
August 10, 2016
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

CLC Releases New Report Proposing a Key Solution for Partisan Gerrymandering and Achieving Fair Elections 

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, which is litigating the landmark case Whitford v. Gill to end partisan gerrymandering, today released a report, Make Democracy Count: Ending Partisan...

Supreme Court Should Reject New Standard for Racial Gerrymandering Cases

Date
September 14, 2016
Case
Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections
Issues
Redistricting

CLC Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Virginia racial gerrymandering case

The Campaign Legal Center today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, a case of critical importance for the future of racial...

CLC's Statement on DOJ Decision Not to Retry Bob McDonnell on Corruption Charges

Date
September 8, 2016
Case
McDonnell v. United States
Issues
Campaign Finance
Gov. Bob McDonnell clearly abused his office, but will face no penalty.

Groups Seek Summary Judgment Against FEC for Dismissal of Crossroads GPS Complaint

Date
July 30, 2014
Case
Public Citizen v. FEC
Issues
Campaign Finance

Late yesterday, reform groups asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to declare unlawful the dismissal of a complaint against the secretive political spending group Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies (GPS) by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The motion for summary...

Testimony: HR 1 Advances the Right of Every Citizen to a Government Responsive and Accountable to Voters

Date
January 29, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Today at 10am ET, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on HR 1, For the People Act, a sweeping package of reforms that offers some of the most comprehensive advances our democracy has seen in decades.

Bipartisan Bill Re-Introduced to Increase Transparency and Accountability of Political Spending

Date
January 18, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
CLC’s new issue brief describes how PATA, which was re-introduced, would attend to pressing democracy issues like single-candidate super PACs and digital disclosure loopholes.

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Date
January 15, 2019
Case
CLC v. DOJ (Census FOIA)
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
While the fight is not over, this decision is a sigh of relief for people in the country that could have been adversely affected by the lack of representation caused by being undercounted in the Census.

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Montana Case, Keeping Contribution Limits in Place

Date
January 14, 2019
Case
Lair v. Motl
Issues
Campaign Finance
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to decline to hear this case protects the viability of contribution limits nationwide as a tool for state lawmakers to combat pay-to-play politics.

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear North Carolina and Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges

Date
January 4, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek
Issues
Redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments in a challenge to North Carolina’s 2016 congressional map, which is one of the most egregious partisan gerrymanders in American history. It will also hear the Maryland challenge, in which Democrats discriminated against Republicans for their...

Landmark Democracy Bill HR 1 Would Protect Every Voter’s Voice in the Political Process and Restore Trust in Government

Date
January 4, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Redistricting
Voting Rights
Ethics
Americans are entitled to a democracy that works for them, and having HR1 passed as the first order of business in the new Congress.

Federal Court Upholds Election System in Maine

Date
December 13, 2018
Case
Baber v. Dunlap (Maine RCV)
Issues
Redistricting
Court ruling echoes CLC argument: ranked choice voting encourages First Amendment expression without discriminating against any voter based on viewpoint or other criteria.

Bipartisan Bill Introduced Would Increase Transparency and Accountability of Political Spending

Date
December 13, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Strengthening the law requiring independence of candidates from outside groups is critical to loosening the influence that megadonors who fund super PACs hold over candidates and officeholders.

Mayor Bowser Should Sign Campaign Finance Reform Act to Complete Sweeping Package of Reforms

Date
December 4, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
The Council of the District of Columbia voted in favor of the Campaign Finance Reform Amendment Act of 2018, a sweeping campaign finance reform bill that will reduce the disproportionate influence of money in D.C. politics.

Federal Officeholder and Candidate Fundraising for Super PACs Clearly Illegal: Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 Submit Comments to FEC

Date
June 5, 2011
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance

Today, the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) clearly outlining that it is illegal for federal officeholders and candidates to solicit unlimited contributions for Super PACs.  The comments address Advisory Opinion Request (AOR) 2011-12...

Watchdogs Urge FEC to Uphold Mobile Phone Ad Disclaimer Requirements & Conduct Long Overdue Rulemaking

Date
February 24, 2014
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance
CLC is trying to get the FEC to uphold federal disclaimer requirements for political advertisements on mobile phones and further pressed the agency to conduct a related rulemaking originally proposed by the FEC in 2011.

Election Results Send Clear Message that Americans Want Democracy Reform

Date
November 7, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Voting Rights
Redistricting
In the 2018 midterms, Americans overwhelmingly voted to support measures to end extreme partisan gerrymandering, improve the way we fund elections to give every day voters a voice in the political process, expand voting access and move toward a more ethical and accountable government.

CLC Files Complaint Against Pop-Up Super PAC For Coordination with Renacci Campaign

Date
November 14, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON – Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint against the super PAC MeToo Ohio for unlawfully coordinating with an Ohio U.S. Senate candidate’s campaign through the use of a common vendor and for using an evasive scheme to keep voters in the dark about its sources of funding...