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The Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a think tank, law firm, and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of our Constitution’s text and history. We work in our courts, through our government, and with legal scholars to preserve the rights and freedoms of all Americans and to protect our judiciary from politics and special interests.

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August 2011 Newsletter: Tea Partiers Attack the Constitution

July 2011 Newsletter: Progressive Visions of the Constitution

June 2011 Newsletter: Public Schools Should Reject Tea Party Efforts to Indoctrinate Youth with Bad Constitutional History

May 2011 Newsletter: Victory in Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s Anti-Immigration Law
April 2011 Newsletter: Supreme Court Appears Sharply Divided in Public Campaign Finance Case
February 2011 Newsletter: CAC in the Supreme Court –A Victory and a New Case
January 2011 Newsletter: Victory for the Progressive Constitution
December 2010 Newsletter: VA Judge Echoes the “Constitution According to the Tea Party” in Health Care Ruling
November 2010 Newsletter: CAC Study Shows Dramatic Shift in Court Rulings in Business Cases

October 2010 Newsletter: Protecting the Constitutional Rights of Immigrants and Their Children

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Immigration and Citizenship
June 25, 2026

CAC Release: Supreme Court Misunderstands Immigration Law—and the Presumption of Extraterritoriality—in Decision about Asylum-Seekers at the Border

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the Supreme Court’s decision this morning in Noem v. Al Otro...
By: Smita Ghosh
Access to Justice
June 23, 2026

CAC Release: In Deeply Disappointing Decision, Supreme Court Ignores Ordinary Meaning of Statute and Denies Victims of Torture Their Day in Court

WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s decision at the Supreme Court in Cisco Systems v. Doe,...
By: Harith Khawaja
Rule of Law
June 23, 2026

CAC Release: Supreme Court Decision on Excessive Fines Clause Reaches the Wrong Result, But Gets the Standard Right

WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s decision at the Supreme Court in Pung v. Isabella County,...
By: Brianne J. Gorod
Access to Justice
June 23, 2026

CAC Release: Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Undermines Important Right Created by Congress

WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s decision at the Supreme Court in Landor v. Louisiana Department...
By: Brianne J. Gorod
Rule of Law
June 22, 2026

The Supreme Court Is About to Decide Four Cases Defining Trump’s Power

The Wall Street Journal
CAC President Elizabeth Wydra spoke to the Wall Street Journal about the major decisions left...
Rule of Law
June 21, 2026

Trump DOJ in CRISIS MODE

Legal AF
CAC Vice President Praveen Fernandes joined the Legal AF podcast to discuss Todd Blanche's nomination...