The New Textualism
CAC Chief Counsel Elizabeth Wydra spoke to the Harvard Law School Chapter of the American Constitution Society about how to use the Text and History of the Constitution to make progressive arguments
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March 19, 2026
“Myths Around Election Day Deadlines: What the Civil War Teaches Us About Absentee Voting”
CAC Senior Research Associate Lucy Resar‘s research on the history of absentee voting was featured on Election Law Blog....
March 19, 2026
Myths Around Election Day Deadlines: What the Civil War Teaches Us About Absentee Voting
Over the past two decades, the Supreme Court has steadily eroded access to the ballot....
March 18, 2026
David H. Gans joined Arnie Arnesen’s The Attitude podcast
David H. Gans joined Arnie Arnesen's The Attitude podcast to discuss his recent article in Slate magazine about...
March 18, 2026
Gans on Black Conventions and the Reconstruction Amendments
The Legal Theory Blog recommended David H. Gans’s exciting new scholarship on Reconstruction-era Black Conventions. Read an...
March 18, 2026
The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Decision Hinges on a Case You’ve Never Heard Of
CAC Appellate Counsel Smita Ghosh wrote about the history of birthright citizenship in Slate magazine. Read an excerpt...
March 13, 2026
Trump’s Voting Nemesis Is at the Supreme Court. We Can’t Afford for SCOTUS to Get It Wrong.
CAC's David H. Gans wrote an article in Slate about Watson v. RNC. Read an excerpt below:...