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CAC Release: Roberts Court Strikes Down Yet Another Campaign Finance Law, Turns Blind Eye to Corruption
CAC Release: In Birthright Citizenship Victory, Dissenting Justices Cast Aside Constitutional Text and History
CAC Release: Roberts Court’s Conservative Supermajority Hollows Out Equal Protection Guarantee
CAC Release: Peddling Historical Myths, Roberts Court’s Conservative Supermajority Overrides 150 Years of Precedent and Practice By Curtailing Agency Independence
CAC Release: Supreme Court Rebukes Fifth Circuit, Affirms State Authority to Permit Post-Election Receipt of Mail Ballots
The Supreme Court is ‘Unquestionably an Ideological Court’ Says Wydra
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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.
Watson v. Republican National Committee
In Watson v. Republican National Committee, the Supreme Court is considering whether Mississippi may count absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to 5 business days…Read MoreDepartment of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards, LLC
In Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards, LLC, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Constitution permits the Department of Labor to use administrative proceedings to impose civil monetary…Read MoreCisco Systems v. Doe
In Cisco Systems v. Doe, the Supreme Court considered, among other questions, whether the Torture Victim Protection Act imposes liability on those who aid and abet torture.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.