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United States Supreme Court | Judith Schaeffer
Elizabeth B. Wydra
PresidentMiriam Becker-Cohen
Senior Appellate CounselLatest Work and Features
- CAC Release: Plaintiffs File Opposition Brief Explaining Why Trump’s Efforts to Evade Accountability in Domestic Emoluments Clause Suit Should Be Rejected
- CAC Release: Roberts Court Strikes Down Yet Another Campaign Finance Law, Turns Blind Eye to Corruption
- CAC Release: Court Further Muddies the Waters on the Scope of the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine in Majority Opinion that Ignores Critical Reconstruction-Era History Regarding the Role of Federal Courts as the Chief Guardians of Federal Rights
Praveen Fernandes
Vice PresidentBrian R. Frazelle
Deputy Chief CounselLatest Work and Features
- 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
- Corporations Fared Even Better Than President Trump in the Supreme Court’s Prior Term, and the Upcoming Term Provides More Opportunities for Corporate Wins
- Corporations Outdo Even President Trump in the Most Recent Supreme Court Term (2025–2026 Term)
David H. Gans
Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship ProgramSmita Ghosh
Senior Appellate CounselLatest Work and Features
- CAC Release: In Birthright Citizenship Victory, Dissenting Justices Cast Aside Constitutional Text and History
- CAC Release: Supreme Court Misunderstands Immigration Law—and the Presumption of Extraterritoriality—in Decision about Asylum-Seekers at the Border
- CAC Release: Supreme Court Recognizes the Importance of History in Validating FCC Enforcement Process