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Our Latest Work
RELEASE: Supreme Court Hears Challenge to State Efforts to Remedy Voting Rights Act Violation
RELEASE: Immigration Provision at Heart of Today’s Oral Argument Should Not Be a Jurisdictional Trap for Unwary Immigrants
Cristosal Human Rights v. Marocco
Viewpoint: The North Dakota Constitution’s protections include reproductive autonomy
Fight over False Claims Act whistleblower provision heats up on appeal
Harris v. Bessent
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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.
Cristosal Human Rights v. Marocco
In Cristosal Human Rights v. Marocco, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is considering whether the Trump administration’s unilateral decision to defund and dismantle the Inter-American…Read MoreHarris v. Bessent
In Harris v. Bessent, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia considered whether Trump’s firing of Merit Systems Protection Board Chair Cathy Harris was illegal.Read MoreWilcox v. Trump
In Wilcox v. Trump, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia considered whether Trump’s firing of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox was illegal.Read More
From Our Think Tank
Moore v. Harper, Evasion, and the Ordinary Bounds of Judicial Review
66 B.C. L. Rev. (forthcoming 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"I Am Free But Without A Cent": Economic Justice As Equal Citizenship
93 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025).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.