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Our Latest Work
Millennia Housing Management v. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rise Economy v. Vought
The Leadership Conference and 257 Other Groups Voice Strong Concerns About House Hearing on the Southern Poverty Law Center
Not Above the Law Coalition Demands Accountability: Trump’s Illegal National Guard Deployments Threaten Democracy
We Seem to Have the Supreme Court’s Originalism Fail of the Term
CAC Release: Major Campaign Finance Case Tests Court’s Willingness to Respect Congress’s Policy Judgments Aimed at Curbing Harmful Corruption
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CAC pursues a litigation strategy unique among progressive legal organizations by relying on the Constitution’s text and history. Our powerful amicus briefs provide invaluable arguments to Supreme Court Justices, legal scholars, and fellow advocates. Our clients include current and former bipartisan Members of Congress, state and local officials, law professors, and various nonprofit organizations. CAC’s efforts help to secure important legal victories in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts, and state supreme courts.
Millennia Housing Management v. Department of Housing and Urban Development
In Millennia Housing Management v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is considering a challenge to the Department of Housing…Read MoreRise Economy v. Vought
In Rise Economy v. Vought, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California is considering whether the Trump Administration’s efforts to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…Read MoreNational Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission
In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court is considering whether to strike down a law that limits the amount of money a national political party…Read More
From Our Think Tank
Moneyed Interests Still Prevail at the Supreme Court (2024-2025 Term)
The Court Continues to Favor Corporations over Workers, Consumers, and the Environment.Read MoreMoore v. Harper, Evasion, and the Ordinary Bounds of Judicial Review
66 B.C. L. Rev. 1295 (2025)Read MoreQUICK TAKE: Corporate Interests at the Supreme Court, 2023-2024 Term
Conservative supermajority discards precedent, shifts power to judges, and hobbles agency efforts to enforce the nation’s laws.Read More
CAC produces scholarship showing that the Constitution’s text and history command progressive results. We publish comprehensive accounts of some of the most important and contentious topics in modern constitutional and federal law through issue briefs, white papers, insights, and our think tank series. Our legal experts also inform public discussion around these topics by giving written and oral testimony in congressional committee hearings.
