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Letter from CLC to U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics Regarding Sen. Ted Cruz

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Date
April 7, 2021

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) ​filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee requesting an investigation into whether Sen. Ted Cruz violated Senate ethics rules by converting campaign funds to personal use. Sen. Cruz’s campaign committee spent up to $18,000 on Facebook ads exclusively promoting Sen. Cruz’s book, for which he stands to receive royalties, seemingly in violation of the personal use ban. 

Holloway, et al. v. City of Virginia Beach: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - Opinion and Order

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Date
March 31, 2021
Case
Holloway, et al. v. City of Virginia Beach

On March 31, 2021, the district court issued an opinion declaring that Virginia Beach’s system of election violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting strength of Black, Latino, and Asian American voters, enjoining the use of that system and granting the plaintiffs’ request for attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses.

Letter to DOJ on Routine Usage Exception to Allow for Implementation of Universal Enfranchisement and Abolition of Prison Gerrymandering

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Date
March 30, 2021
Case
Assisting Voters in Jail

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted an open letter calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a new routine use exception that would enable the Federal Bureau of Prisons to share the data necessary to allow states and localities to implement two pro-democracy reforms: enacting universal enfranchisement and abolishing prison gerrymandering. The League of Women Voters and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs joined in support.

Statement of Trevor Potter, Founder and President Campaign Legal Center, Before the  Senate Rules and Administration Committee Hearing on S. 1, the For the People Act

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Date
March 24, 2021
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

CLC Testimony in Support of Connecticut Bill to Abolish Prison Gerrymandering

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Date
March 16, 2021

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony to support a bill that would abolish prison gerrymandering in Connecticut. The testimony stated that Connecticut’s system of prison gerrymandering distorts the redistricting process and deprives Connecticut communities of fair and equal representation.

Cooperation with Office of Congressional Ethics Investigations

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Date
March 17, 2021

Campaign Legal Center conducted a study of members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ cooperation with ethics investigations initiated by the U.S. Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). The findings show that members of Congress from both major political parties refuse to fully cooperate with ethics investigations, and the rate of cooperation has declined in recent Congresses.

Letter from CLC to OCE Regarding Rep. Tom Malinowski

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Date
March 8, 2021

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asks the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to investigate Rep. Tom Malinowski for a possible violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act and House rules. From 2019 to 2021, Rep. Malinowski made more than one hundred stock trades worth approximately between $1.3 million to $5 million without filing any periodic transaction reports as required by the STOCK Act and House rules.

Coalition Sign-On Letter in Opposition to Reinstatement of Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Maryland

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Date
February 19, 2021

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) organized a coalition sign on letter of 11 organizations to oppose a bill that would reinstate prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland. The letter advocates for the protection of the “No Representation Without Population Act” – which was in danger of repeal – to ensure that incarcerated individuals are counted as residents in the place they lived prior to their imprisonment.

CLC Testimony on Maryland Prison-Based Gerrymandering Bill

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Date
February 18, 2021

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted testimony to oppose the repeal of the “No Representation Without Population Act”, which was being considered by the Maryland state legislature with S.B. 619. The testimony stated that reinstating prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland would distort the redistricting process and deprive Maryland communities of fair and equal representation.

Congressional Ethics Enforcement: 2009 - 2020 Senate Ethics Committee v. Office of Congressional Ethics

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Date
February 24, 2021

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) conducted research comparing the enforcement activity of the Senate Ethics Committee and Office of Congressional Ethics over the past ten years.

Designing a Transparent and Ethical Redistricting Process: A Guide to Ensuring that the Redistricting Process is Fair, Open, and Accessible

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Date
February 11, 2021
Case
Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States

This report by Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the League of Women Voters empowers those interested in strengthening democracy at the state level with the tools and knowledge needed to ensure that their respective redistricting processes are transparent and accountable and ensures members of the public at-large and communities of interest can provide meaningful input during the redistricting cycle.

Seventh Batch of Documents Responsive to CVAP Tabulation FOIA

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Date
February 5, 2021
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status

CLC Letter to U.S. House Committee On Ethics Regarding Threats from Staff to Retaliate Against Those Who Fail to Make Political Contributions

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Date
February 3, 2021

Campaign Legal Center submitted a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics calling on the committee to immediately address threats from congressional staff to condition official actions and access to elected officials on campaign contributions.

CLC complaint against FEC for failure to act on administrative complaint alleging violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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Date
June 30, 2020
Case
CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit—Iowa Values)

On June 30, 2020, CLC filed suit against the FEC for failing to act on our administrative complaint demonstrating that Iowa Values, a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation, violated federal campaign finance law by failing to register as a political committee and publicly disclose its donors. CLC's administrative complaint had been pending with the FEC for over 190 days.  

The Bipartisan Origins & Impact of the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1)

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Date
January 25, 2021
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) developed a memo explaining how the democracy reforms in the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) are drawn from bills that have long had bipartisan political sponsorship at both the federal and state levels, and how H.R 1/S 1's provisions would address problematic practices employed by both Democrats and Republicans. 

 

Empower Texans v. Texas Ethics Commission: United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial District of Texas - Amicus Curiae Brief

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Date
January 26, 2021
Case
Empower Texans, Inc. & Michael Quinn Sullivan V. Texas Ethics Commission

An organization called Empower Texans and Michael Quinn Sullivan initiated a lawsuit asking the court to find the Texas Ethics Commission's enforcement powers unconstitutional. On Jan. 26, 2021, Campaign Legal Center filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Texas Ethics Commission, arguing that the Court should affirm the lower court to ensure the Texas Ethics Commission retains its enforcement powers.

The For the People Act: How Key H.R. 1 Provisions Would Fix Democracy Problems

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Date
December 24, 2020
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

In a series of explainers, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) shows how passing and signing into law H.R. 1 would improve our democracy by increasing election access and access to vote-by-mail, establishing independent redistricting commissions, promoting transparency in elections and digital ads, stopping foreign money in U.S. elections, creating a public financing system, enacting Federal Election Commission reforms, ending super PAC coordination, and creating an ethics pledge for senior executive branch officials. 

HR 1 - For the People Act

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Date
January 4, 2019
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

H.R.1, "For the People Act" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. This landmark legislation would: increase transparency of campaign spending; set up a system of small-donor matching funds for congressional candidates; revive the matching-fund system for presidential campaigns; expand conflict-of-interest laws; increase oversight of lobbyists; end partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts; establish nationwide automatic voter registration; and reinforce the Voting Rights Act.

CLC Statement in Support of HR 1

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Date
February 13, 2019
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

CLC submitted a statement of support for HR 1, the For the People Act of 2019, to Chairperson Zoe Lofgren and Rep. Rodney Davis of the Committee on House Administration in the United States House of Representatives. HR 1 is a landmark bill designed to address the most pressing challenges to our democracy, which are the four issues CLC focuses on: the influence of money in politics, the erosion of ethical norms, threats to voting rights, and extreme partisan gerrymandering.

Campaign Legal Center Congressional Letter Prioritizes Passage of For the People Act

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Date
November 17, 2020
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) voices its strong support of the For the People Act in a letter to key House and Senate members and urges Congress to prioritize passage during the early days of the 117th Congress.

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