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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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