Voting Rights and Democracy
David Gans on the History of the Reconstruction Amendments, and the Connection to Current Supreme Court Cases, including Callais
CAC Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program David Gans’ article in Slate about Black Conventions after the Civil War was featured on the Election Law Blog. Read more at Election Law Blog.
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March 23, 2026
The Alito Wing of the Supreme Court Sure Sounds Sold on Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies
CAC Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program David H. Gans' article...
March 23, 2026
The Supreme Court’s Conspiracy-Brained Justices Are Ready to Limit Mail-In Voting
Balls & Strikes summarized the arguments in Watson v. RNC, linking to CAC's brief. Read more at...
March 21, 2026
Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick: The Roberts Court’s Internal Reckoning
The Constitutional Accountability Center's brief in Watson v. RNC was discussed on Slate's Amicus podcast. Listen to the full...
March 23, 2026
CAC Release: The Conservative Attack on Voting By Mail Comes to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Watson v....
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....