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CAC Release: To Escape Financial Liability for Global Warming Harms, Oil and Gas Companies Present Supreme Court with a Result in Search of a Rationale
Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County
Corporations Outdo Even President Trump in the Most Recent Supreme Court Term (2025–2026 Term)
Corporations Fared Even Better Than President Trump in the Supreme Court’s Prior Term, and the Upcoming Term Provides More Opportunities for Corporate Wins
Guns, voting and immigration on deck for Supreme Court
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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.
Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County
In Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the Supreme Court is considering whether oil and gas companies that caused significant economic harm to Colorado residents by exacerbating global…Read MoreNielsen v. Watanabe
In Nielsen v. Watanabe, the Supreme Court is considering whether a federal prisoner has a legal remedy when federal prison staff violate his Eighth Amendment rights.Read MoreIn re Trump
In In re Trump, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considering whether a district court can investigate whether the Trump administration defied its…Read More
From Our Think Tank
Corporations Outdo Even President Trump in the Most Recent Supreme Court Term (2025–2026 Term)
After a Supreme Court term that gave corporations everything they wanted in the most important cases, a new term offers big business even more opportunities to evade legal constraints.Read MoreForgotten 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 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.