The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election observation program — once a behind-the-scenes effort with a record of nonpartisan success — has made headlines during the 2026 midterm primaries becaus...

Let’s face it: This is an unprecedented time for our democracy. Many of our government’s checks and balances are being challenged or outright ignored. We did not arrive here because of one person or o...

American voters are once again the target of millions upon millions of dollars in political spending designed to influence their decisions about who should represent them in government. According to t...

In late September 2026, ahead of the midterm elections, a series of advertisements that heavily featured President Donald Trump and the label "Paid for by the US Government" began airing. In response,...

Campaign Legal Center filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Michael Khalili and nonprofit organization Common Cause challenging the First Amendment violations of several federal agencies and t...

"We're in an environment where we all want to be looking to the founders, right?"

WASHINGTON — Last week, Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that President Donald Trump violated federal campaign finance laws based on his repe...

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the Supreme Court of California ordered the sheriff of Riverside County, California, to return hundreds of thousands of unlawfully seized ballots from a 2025 special election be...

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed complaints with both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Ethics Committees alleging that 66 House candidates and 11 Senate candidates who will be on the...

NEW YORK — Singleton Schreiber, working with Campaign Legal Center, filed an amicus brief on behalf of 53 former federal public integrity prosecutors and federal agents who served in the Justice Depar...

RICHMOND, Va. — The January decision in King v. O’Bannon held Virginia may only deny the right to vote for a subset of felony convictions that were common law felonies in 1870. Previously, Virginia st...

Federal law bars those holding federal office from directing spending decisions for a political organization with no contribution limits.

RUTLAND, VT — In a victory for voters, a federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit seeking Vermont’s complete voter file, which contains voters’ driver’s license numbers, ...

Campaign Legal Center filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Michael Khalili and nonprofit organization Common Cause challenging the First Amendment violations of several federal agencies and t...

The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election observation program — once a behind-the-scenes effort with a record of nonpartisan success — has made headlines during the 2026 midterm primaries becaus...

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed complaints with both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Ethics Committees alleging that 66 House candidates and 11 Senate candidates who will be on the...

President Donald Trump has been relentless in trying to rewrite the rules of American elections, but the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling rejecting his effort to use the United States Postal Ser...

President Trump and his multiple executive orders trying to control our elections have now been stopped, twice, by Campaign Legal Center and our clients and co-counsel.

The payments amounted to 30% of each aide’s $150,000 annual salary

AUSTIN, Texas — Today, in an important step toward fair maps for Galveston voters, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that county commissioners in Galveston County, Texas, unlawfully disenfranchised Galves...

The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.

The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.

Campaign Legal Center filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Michael Khalili and nonprofit organization Common Cause challenging the First Amendment violations of several federal agencies and t...

WASHINGTON — Common Cause and Michael Khalili, represented by Campaign Legal Center, are suing to end several federal agencies’ illegal policy and practice of intimidating and retaliating against Amer...

WASHINGTON — Today, the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, calling for an investigation into whether four employees in the Executive Office ...

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ cynical attempt to impose an unlawful and gerrymandered map before the 2026 midterm election has been stopped thanks to the advocacy of more than 300,000 Mis...

Campaign Legal Center, alongside its co-counsel Democracy Defenders Fund and on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Secure Families Initiative (SFI) and Arizona Students’ A...

Campaign Legal Center analyzed ethics compliance data across federal agencies and uncovered a concerning trend: Since the start of the second Trump administration, the effectiveness of agency ethics o...