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Elizabeth B. Wydra
PresidentLatest Work and Features
- CAC Release: New Lawsuit Seeks to Hold President Trump and Governor DeSantis Accountable for Violation of U.S. Constitution’s Domestic Emoluments Clause
- (Quoted in) Most Americans Favor Birthright Citizenship. That Wasn’t Always True.
- (Quoted in) CAC Release: Deploying the Military Against Americans is an Anti-Democratic Provocation
Miriam Becker-Cohen
Senior Appellate CounselLatest Work and Features
- (Quoted in) Miami Residents Sue Over Trump’s Plan to Make His Library a Hotel
- CAC Release: New Lawsuit Seeks to Hold President Trump and Governor DeSantis Accountable for Violation of U.S. Constitution’s Domestic Emoluments Clause
- CAC Release: In Cisco v. Doe Argument, Justices Grapple with the Scope of Liability Under Two Critical Human Rights Statutes
Praveen Fernandes
Vice PresidentBrian R. Frazelle
Deputy Chief CounselLatest Work and Features
- CAC Release: Justices Push Back Against Government’s Claim of Unrestricted Access to Cell-Phone Location Information
- CAC Release: Supreme Court Ignores History in Favor of Its Own Rule for Warrantless Home Entries
- CAC Release: Supreme Court Justices Pose Difficult Questions to State-Affiliated Corporation that Claims Immunity from Suit
David H. Gans
Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship ProgramLatest Work and Features
- (Quoted in) Roberts Court UNDER FIRE after VOTING RIGHTS ACT Attack
- CAC Release: Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority, Once Again, Guts the Voting Rights Act and Further Enables Racial Discrimination in Voting
- (Quoted in) The Most Offensive Thing a Supreme Court Justice Can Do Is Be Honest About the Supreme Court
Smita Ghosh
Senior Appellate CounselLatest Work and Features
- CAC Release: A Victory for Text, History, and Delivery Workers in Flowers Foods v. Brock
- (Quoted in) CAC Release: Supreme Court Majority Rules that Judges Cannot Consider Changing Views of Crime when Reducing Sentences
- (Quoted in) CAC Release: Court’s Commitment to Text and History Falters in Compassionate Release Case
Brianne J. Gorod
Chief CounselLatest Work and Features
- (Quoted in) How the Supreme Court will have a major impact on the economy this spring
- CAC Release: In Disappointing Sixth Amendment Decision, the Supreme Court Made Clear the Limits of Its Decision
- CAC Release: At the D.C. Circuit, Everyone Agrees that the Constitution Does Not Permit the President to Unilaterally Shutter the CFPB