Fulfilling the progressive promise of the Constitution’s text and history
Our Latest Work
CAC Release: Court’s Commitment to Text and History Falters in Compassionate Release Case
CAC Release: Supreme Court Majority Rules that Judges Cannot Consider Changing Views of Crime when Reducing Sentences
CAC Release: Supreme Court Recognizes Clear Pathway to Habeas Relief in Mississippi Jury Race-Discrimination Case
District of Columbia v. Trump
Over 440 Civil Rights, Faith, and Labor Organizations Call Department of Justice Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center a “Naked Attempt to Weaponize the the Criminal Justice System to Silence Speech”
Lawsuit challenges proposed Trump Presidential Library site in downtown Miami
Issues We Work On
Our Latest Cases
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.
District of Columbia v. Trump
In District of Columbia v. Trump, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considering the legality of President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard…Read MoreSistrunk Seeds v. Trump
On behalf of a Miami nonprofit, Miami residents, and a Miami Dade College student, CAC sued to hold President Trump accountable for violating the Domestic Emoluments Clause.Read MoreRhode Island v. Trump
In Rhode Island v. Trump, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is considering whether the President can unilaterally dismantle the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal…Read More
From Our Think Tank
Forgotten Framers: Black Conventions and the Second Founding
79 Stan. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2027)Read MoreMoneyed 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 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.