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High Court Opens Door to Police Accountability
CAC Release: Skepticism About Trump Administration’s Power Grab at Labor Rights Agencies at D.C. Circuit Argument This Morning
CAC Release: At the D.C. Circuit, Everyone Agrees that the Constitution Does Not Permit the President to Unilaterally Shutter the CFPB
Harris v. Bessent
Wilcox v. Trump
Supreme Court gripe with nationwide injunctions clipped by birthright citizenship case
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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.
Wilcox 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 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 MoreTrump v. CASA, Trump v. Washington, and Trump v. New Jersey
In three cases, the Supreme Court is considering whether to partially stay preliminary injunctions blocking the Trump Administration’s executive order purporting to limit birthright citizenship to children who have at…Read More
From Our Think Tank
Moore 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"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.