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13th Annual Home Stretch at the Supreme Court
CAC Release: Targeting Civil Rights Groups Leaves All Americans Less Safe
CAC Release: Supreme Court Considers Whether Investor Harm Is a Prerequisite to an Award of Disgorgement in a Civil Action Brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission
CAC Release: Court Considers Whether to Expand or Restrict Authority of Federal Courts to Collaterally Review State Court Judgments
The Most Offensive Thing a Supreme Court Justice Can Do Is Be Honest About the Supreme Court
David Gans on the History of the Reconstruction Amendments, and the Connection to Current Supreme Court Cases, including Callais
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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.
Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission
In Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court is considering whether a showing of pecuniary harm to investors is a prerequisite to an award of disgorgement in a…Read MoreMick v. Gibbons
In Mick v. Gibbons, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered whether the doctrine of state sovereign immunity applies to third party subpoenas.Read MoreTrump v. Barbara
In Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of the Trump Administration’s executive order purporting to limit birthright citizenship to children who have at least one parent…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.