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Our Latest Work
RELEASE: Rejecting Oklahoma’s Attempt to Distort and Weaponize the Spending Clause Against Reproductive Rights, Tenth Circuit Affirms Federal Government’s Authority to Require Non-Directive Counseling and Referral for Abortion Under Title X.
SCOTUS Conservatives’ Selective Embrace of Text and History
CAC’s Ghosh Discusses SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Case at Seattle U School of Law Webinar
Where’d All the Supreme Court’s Originalists Go for the Trump Cases?
The Trump Docket: SCOTUS immunity ruling ‘erodes public confidence,’ delay to Jan. 6 case ‘unconscionable,’ constitutional scholar says
Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. Federal Communications Commission
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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.
Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. Federal Communications Commission
In Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. Federal Communications Commission, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is considering the legality of the FCC’s new regulations promoting nondiscrimination in…Read MoreTrump v. United States
In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court considered whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for actions taken during his presidency.Read MoreGarland v. VanDerStok
In Garland v. VanDerStok, the Supreme Court is considering whether weapon parts kits and incomplete frames and receivers should be regulated as “firearms” under the Gun Control Act.Read More
From Our Think Tank
QUICK 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"I Am Free But Without A Cent": Economic Justice As Equal Citizenship
93 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025).Read MoreMajor Questions: An Extraordinary Doctrine for "Extraordinary" Cases
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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.