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Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobil
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RELEASE: Supreme Court Decision in Animal Welfare Case Is Important Victory for Democracy
RELEASE: Supreme Court Removes Roadblocks for Asylum-Seekers Seeking Access to Courts
Banyee v. Garland
US Supreme Court allows transgender migrant to challenge deportation order over risk of anti-LGBT persecution
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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.
Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobil
In Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobil, the en banc United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will determine the proper standard for evaluating whether private plaintiffs have…Read MoreSantos-Zacaria v. Garland
In Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, the Supreme Court considered whether the exhaustion requirement of 8 U.S.C § 1252(d)(1) is jurisdictional.Read MoreBanyee v. Garland
In Banyee v. Garland, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is considering whether the Due Process Clause entitles immigration detainees to a bond hearing after prolonged…Read More
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ISSUE BRIEF: Court Reform and the Promise of Justice: Lessons from Reconstruction
Read MoreA Quiet Year for Business at the Supreme Court, with One Huge Exception | 2021-2022 Term
At the end of an otherwise routine year on the Court’s corporate docket, a conservative majority radically curtails the government’s ability to restrain big business.Read MoreISSUE BRIEF: Reproductive Originalism: Why the Fourteenth Amendment’s Original Meaning Protects the Right to Abortion
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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.