CLC filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel against Donald M. Benton, the Director of the U.S. Selective Service System, for an apparent violation of the Hatch Act.

Today, a coordinated letter was sent to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter urged the representatives to support H. Res 1043, the Rice Reed Resolution, that was recently introduced by Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-New York) and Tom Reed (R-New York). This letter was sent as a coordinated effort between Business for America, CLC, Common Cause, Government Accountability Institute, Issue ONe, League of Women Voters of the United States, MapLight, Project on Government Oversight, R Street Institute, Stand Up Republic, Sunlight Foundation, Take Back Our Republic, and Taxpayers for Common Sense.

On August 17, 2018, CLC sent a letter to Chairman Chuck Grassley of the Judiciary Committee, about recent reporting that indicates that White House staffers have been required to sign nondisclosure agreements. CLC is asking that Grassley use his oversight authority to figure out whether these nondisclosure agreements complied with the anti-gag rule, and if not, obtain assurances from the White House that it will not seek to enforce them.

Campaign Legal Center collaborated with Demos on a fact sheet about President Trump's nominee to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. The document lays out Kavanaugh's unsettling record on democracy, including his views on presidential power, money in politics and voting rights.

CLC signed onto a letter to the ethics official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, expressing concern regarding the agency's proposal to issue a blanket ethics waiver to all its employees related to for-profit education benefits provided.

Poll after poll indicates the public’s growing distrust of American government institutions and, to a degree, democracy itself. Americans expect the people who work for them to be accountable for their actions. A strong independent ethics agency is an essential part of a government that is representative, responsive and accountable. This type of agency, referred to here as an "ethics commission," provides oversight that is critical to a functional democratic system by overseeing ethics, financial disclosure, lobbying and campaign finance laws.

The Campaign Legal Center filed a letter with the FEC providing additional evidence that private prison company GEO Group illegally contributed a total of $225,000 to the Donald Trump-affiliated super PAC Rebuilding America Now, in violation of the 75-year-old ban on government contractors making political contributions. 

A coalition of watchdog groups and congressional scholars urged House and Senate leaders from both parties to strengthen ethics rules and address known weaknesses in current rules. The package of proposed reforms cover travel, conflicts of interest, campaign activities by members and staff while Congress is meeting, the revolving door and enforcement. 

Walter Shaub, senior director, ethics at CLC released 13 policy recommendations to insulate ethics program from political retaliation, strengthen transparency, increase effectiveness of agency oversight capacity.

CLC filed a complaint against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asking for an investigation into his ethics conduct when he used his official position and government resources to try and secure a franchise opportunity for his wife at Chick-fil-A. CLC sent this to the EPA's Inspector General and the Office of Government Ethics.

CLC filed an ethics complaint before the EPA's Inspector General, asking for an investigation into conduct by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for misuse of government position by trying to secure a business opportunity for his wife.

CLC filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel on November 22 requesting an investigation into Special Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway for an apparent violation of the Hatch Act. On November 29, CLC filed an amended complaint containing new information.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is urging that Kellyanne Conway be removed from office or given a lengthy suspension without pay for willfully and repeatedly disregarding ethics requirements.

The Department of the Interior's Office of Special Counsel responded to CLC's legal complaint about the activity of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for violation of the Hatch Act. The issue stems from a fundraiser Zinke appeared at in the Virgin Islands. This letter signifies the closing of the matter.

CLC filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of a Houston school district contractor who was excluded from contracts because he refused to participate in a bribery scheme with a board trustee. CLC won a jury verdict and the trustee and various other contracters were found liable. 

On February 7, 2018. CLC filed an administrative appeal to the GSA's decision to deny our FOIA Request.

The GSA responded to our FOIA Request on October 29, 2017, denying our request.

The GSA responded to CLC's administrative appeal to try and justify its witholding of travel records.

CLC submitted a FOIA Request for senior federal travel reports from the General Services Administration on Sept. 27, 2017.

CLC filed a complaint on April 30, 2018 to compel action in response to our FOIA Request about travel reports.