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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 4h
Campaign Legal Center is intervening alongside the NAACP and @democracydefendersfund.org, and on behalf of LULAC and national, state and local NAACP chapters, to ensure all eligible voters in California can cast their ballots in the midterm elections, which is already well underway.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 4h
This lawsuit by the DOJ is yet another example of the Trump administration attempting to interfere in our elections to create chaos and confusion.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 4h
We are stepping in to protect California voters from the Department of Justice's outrageous new lawsuit that threatens to disenfranchise 20k+ voters in Los Angeles. campaignlegal.org/press-releases/pr…
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Pro-Voter Coalition Moves to Intervene in DOJ Lawsuit to Protect California Voters Ahead of Midterms
LOS ANGELES — Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Democracy Defenders Fund (DDF), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Office of General Counsel, on behalf of the
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 6h
Of the nearly 24 million Americans with past felony convictions, more than 19 million can register to vote right now, but many may not know it. Our new interactive map makes it easier to compare the complicated nationwide patchwork of felony disenfranchisement laws: RestoreYourVote.org
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 8h
States should consider legislation that would codify rules and procedures to protect and safeguard election materials against unlawful interference. Here's four key things every state should do: campaignlegal.org/update/how-d...
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How Do States Safeguard Elections?
To safeguard against election interference, election officials maintain rigorous chain of custody procedures prior to, during, and post-election.
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Safeguarding Democracy Project @sdpucla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
@jonathandiaz.bsky.social Dir., Voting Advocacy & Partnerships @campaignlegal.org encourages U.S. citizens to ignore intimidation tactics and get out the vote. The Trump Administration has been mostly unsuccessful at changing how elections are run. Full vid www.youtube.com/watch?v=kih_...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 15/10/2026
Through litigation, advocacy, as well as work with local and national partners and coalitions, CLC is at the forefront of stopping anti-voter actions, because any attempt to limit the freedom to vote is an attempt to silence American voters. campaignlegal.org/update/how-c...
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How CLC Is Pushing Back on the Trump Administration’s Anti-Voter Actions
Since the beginning of his second term, President Trump and his administration have renewed their efforts to undermine Americans’ freedom to vote.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 15/10/2026
With this court victory, the League can continue educating and registering new citizens at these ceremonies — a long-standing tradition that encourages political participation. Full statement: campaignlegal.org/press-releas... 3/3
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League of Women Voters, Campaign Legal Center Secure Permanent Victory Restoring Voter Registration at Naturalization Ceremonies
BALTIMORE — Today, the District Court of Maryland entered an order to permanently block a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rule that prevented nonpartisan civic engagement groups from
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 15/10/2026
Over the past few decades, the League has registered hundreds of thousands of new U.S. citizens to vote after naturalization ceremonies nationwide. In 2024 alone, the League registered more than 15% of all new American citizens to vote at naturalization ceremonies. 2/
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 15/10/2026
VICTORY: We secured a court order permanently blocking an illegal Trump administration rule that prevented nonpartisan civic engagement groups such as our client, @lwv.org, from registering new U.S. citizens to vote at administrative naturalization ceremonies. 1/
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 14/10/2026
We just secured a court order extending the block on the Trump administration's illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda ads past Election Day. Our team will continue to fight to keep these unlawful ads blocked and uphold the rule of law.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 14/10/2026
“We are very pleased that the court extended the temporary restraining order, the emergency relief that we had already received in this case, to ensure that the plainly illegal ads remain off the air and clear of further dissemination,” said CLC Action's Renata O’Donnell.
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Judge extends pause on taxpayer-funded Trump ads
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon extended the order after the administration appeared to defy her initial ruling by posting more ads on the official White House YouTube on Monday.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge just extended an order in our lawsuit BLOCKING the Trump administration's illegal taxpayer-funded ads until after the election. We'll continue fighting to keep this blatantly unlawful propaganda blocked.
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Campaign Legal Center Action and Partners Successfully Halt President Trump’s Illegal Taxpayer-Funded Ads Scheme
In a victory for the rule of law, on Oct. 11, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York temporarily blocked the Trump administration from airing illegal political ads paid fo...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 13/10/2026
We just submitted our legal arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court in our case defending the National Voter Registration Act. We have successfully defended voters and the NVRA in court numerous times, and we will continue to do so at the Supreme Court.
The image shows the front page of our merits brief for Republican National Committee and Mi Familia Vota in the U.S. Supreme Court document. It includes a blue "FILED" stamp,
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 13/10/2026
Did you know that on Election Day, there will be hundreds of thousands of eligible voters in local jails across the country? They should be able to access a ballot, but can't. With a few simple policies, states can help ensure that voters in jail are able to exercise that right.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 12/10/2026
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Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Taxpayer-Funded Trump Political Ads
NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump-Vance administration, including the Department of Homeland Sec...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal court just granted a temporary restraining order in our case BLOCKING the Trump administration from using taxpayer money to illegally create and air the president's political propaganda ads on television. Big victory for CLC Action's clients, partners and the rule of law.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 09/10/2026
CLC Action was in court today asking a judge to immediately BLOCK the Trump administration from using any more taxpayer money to develop, create or air another piece of blatant political propaganda on TV.
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Suing to Stop Trump’s Illegal Taxpayer-Funded Political Television Ads
With voting already underway for the 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump and members of his administration are illegally and unconstitutionally using taxpayer funds for overtly political te...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 09/10/2026
Pardons for sale? 💰 The Trump administration has created a system with one set of rules for those with money and access, and another set of rules for everybody else. More on how we can fix this corrupt pay-to-play system on the Democracy Decoded podcast: lnk.to/DDS6E4SM
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Trevor Potter @thetrevorpotter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW LAWSUIT: Public outrage is justified over “paid for by the U.S. government” ads heavily featuring President Trump. Now, @campaignlegal.org Action and our partners are going to court to stop this illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda. More info: campaignlegal.org/press-releas...
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Coalition Challenges Unlawful Use of Public Money for Trump Political Ads
NEW YORK — A coalition including a nationwide watchdog group, a service workers union and a candidate for State House in Alabama has filed a legal challenge to the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawfu...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 08/10/2026
"Campaign Legal Center keeps a running roster of donors who’ve received valuable posts, pardons, tariff waivers, regulatory relief, or contracts from the White House. It runs to more than 40 pages of small print." View our pay-to-play corruption tracker: campaignlegal.org/exposing-pre...
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‘Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption’
The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 08/10/2026
Additionally, Campaign Legal Center filed a Hatch Act complaint over these ads. We're using every legal tool at our disposal to stop this unlawful activity and uphold the rule of law.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Campaign Legal Center Action filed a lawsuit to immediately block President Trump from illegally using taxpayer money to fund his political TV ads. Using public money for blatant political propaganda is a clear violation of long-standing law. campaignlegal.org/press-releas...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 07/10/2026
Former pardon attorney @lawyeroyer.com says the traditional pardon process has become completely sidelined under the Trump administration. Clemency is now based on access and connections, threatening the rule of law. More on the Democracy Decoded podcast: lnk.to/DDS6E4SM
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 06/10/2026
President Trump's new plan to fund ads through a super PAC he controls is also illegal. We already filed a complaint explaining why he can’t do that.
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 06/10/2026
Voters should continue to confidently vote by mail in the 2026 midterm elections, just as they have done for over a century.
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Vote By Mail Remains Secure: SCOTUS Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Enforce New USPS Policy
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...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 05/10/2026
Federal law clearly prohibits the deployment of any armed federal agents to the polls. And like everyone else, federal agents are subject to voter intimidation laws and are prohibited from engaging in conduct that intimidates, coerces, or deters Americans from voting.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 05/10/2026
Campaign Legal Center, alongside the UCLA Voting Rights Project, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Morfin Law Firm, PLLC, will keep fighting to ensure Latino voters in Yakima Valley have an equal and meaningful opportunity to elect representatives of their choice.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 05/10/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court just sent our Washington legislative redistricting case back to the Ninth Circuit. As a result of our previous litigation, Latino voters in the state's Yakima Valley region had an equal voice in state legislative elections for the first time in decades.
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U.S. Supreme Court Sends Washington State Legislative Map Case Back to Court of Appeals
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a procedural move, sent Trevino v. Hobbs back to the lower court for further review based on the April 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais. On behalf o...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 05/10/2026
“I think the president is trying to use all of the powers at his disposal to control the election results, and almost all of those efforts are illegal, but that has not deterred the administration,” says Campaign Legal Center's Adav Noti.
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Trump takes extraordinary steps to target midterms, alarming critics
Trump's election moves include a redistricting push, seeking to restrict voting and floating a $5,000 payment to every American adult if the GOP wins.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/10/2026
More on this case: campaignlegal.org/cases-action...
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Upholding Transparency in State Elections (Americans for Prosperity v. Albence)
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and its affiliated 501(c)3 group filed suit to challenge the Delaware Elections Disclosure Act, a law that sought to improve transparency of outside spending in state el...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/10/2026
VICTORY: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to block Delaware’s campaign finance transparency law right before the election. Campaign Legal Center is proud to represent the Delaware Attorney General in defending this important law.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/10/2026
NEW: We filed a complaint alleging President Trump violated federal campaign finance laws based on his repeated, explicit claims indicating that he controls and directs the super PAC MAGA Inc.
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Campaign Legal Center Alleges President Trump Is Breaking the Law by Directing Spending of $400 Million War Chest During 2026 Midterms
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...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/10/2026
Voters deserve an unobstructed path to the ballot box. That's why we, alongside our coalition partners, continue to tirelessly advocate to break down these barriers in court. 3/3 campaignlegal.org/cases-action...
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Challenge to Discriminatory Voter Registration Restrictions Targeting Latino and Native Voters in Arizona (LUCHA v. Fontes)
Campaign Legal Center and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of several national and Arizona-based organizations alleging that two of Arizona’s new anti-voter laws impose severe, arbitrary and discr...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/10/2026
Yet, for years, Latino voters in Arizona have been singled out by discriminatory anti-voter laws that undermine the freedom to vote. In this case, which will be heard by the Supreme Court this term, the stakes remain high for Latino voters in Arizona and across the country. 2/
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 02/10/2026
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we're reflecting on a core tenet of our democracy: Access to the ballot should not depend on who you are or your background. 1/
RNC v. Mi Familia Vota

Hispanic Heritage Month: Protecting 
the freedom to vote

We must fight against discriminatory barriers to participation.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 01/10/2026
Election spending is projected to reach a record $11.6 billion this cycle, while new court rulings and regulatory decisions are making it easier for wealthy interests to wield influence. @thetrevorpotter.bsky.social explains what's at stake and where reform is possible.
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What to Know About the Election Spending Deluge
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...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 01/10/2026
Voters have a right to know who is spending money to influence their vote. This ruling is yet another win for transparency and another affirmation that campaign spending disclosure laws are protected by the First Amendment.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 01/10/2026
Prop 211 was passed by 72% of Arizona voters and is the product of years of hard work by Campaign Legal Center Action and our partners. We have successfully defended the law's constitutionality in court numerous times, including earlier this summer in the Arizona Supreme Court.
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: In a victory for voters, a federal appeals court upheld Arizona's Prop 211, the landmark voter-approved law that reveals the original sources of dark money election spending. Campaign Legal Center Action represents Voters’ Right to Know in this case.
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Federal Court Upholds Landmark Campaign Finance Transparency Law in Arizona
SAN FRANCISCO — Yesterday, in a major victory for Arizonans, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Proposition 211, also known as the Voters’ Right to Know Act. Approved by 7...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 01/10/2026
Democracy doesn't begin and end at the ballot box. Free speech, political dissent and open debates are essential to our electoral process. Quashing that dissent, even little bit, would change the entire formula of our democracy. More on Democracy Decoded: lnk.to/DDS6E3SM
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 30/09/2026
You may have heard that the Department of Justice plans to send as many as 1,000 election monitors to the polls this year. Safeguards already exist to protect voters, but Congress must still strengthen those rules to secure our elections.
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Everything You Need to Know About DOJ Election Monitors
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...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 30/09/2026
How does mail voting work? Mail-in voting has been around since the Civil War. It is a secure, reliable and accessible method to participate in elections. But how does it actually work? Campaign Legal Center's Jonathan Diaz breaks it down. #AskAnElectionLawyer
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Danielle Lang @danilang-votes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to share this episode of Democracy Decoded from @campaignlegal.org where I get to talk about the First Amendment, dissent, and share the mic with my former law school dean Robert Post: lnk.to/DDS6E3SM
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Democracy Decoded
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...
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Trevor Potter @thetrevorpotter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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. I analyze the forces powering this wave of spending in my latest newsletter. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-k...
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What to Know About the Election Spending Deluge
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...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 29/09/2026
"Democracy is about holding Trump accountable to us," says Yale law professor and First Amendment expert Robert Post. More on how political dissent is the mechanism that makes our system work on the Democracy Decoded podcast: lnk.to/DDS6E3SM
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 29/09/2026
The Senate should vote NO on both of these anti-democratic bills. For more detailed information on the specific harms of these bills, read our full letter to the Senate: campaignlegal.org/document/cam... 4/4
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Campaign Legal Center Letter to the U.S. Senate Opposing the Stop Insider Trading Act and the Voter ID Act
On September 28, 2026, Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to every member of the U.S. Senate, urging all lawmakers to reject H.R. 7008, a legislative package combining two unrelated bills: the Stop I...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 29/09/2026
The Voter ID Act is an attempt by lawmakers to pass a problematic part of the deeply unpopular and dangerous SAVE Act. The bill would impose significant new barriers to participation and harm millions of Americans attempting to exercise their right to vote. 3/4
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 29/09/2026
The Stop Insider Trading Act wouldn't actually ban congressional stock trading. It would do nothing to prevent lawmakers’ ability to profit from their positions. And it would not restore public trust in government. 2/4
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 29/09/2026
The Senate is slated to vote this week on the so-called Stop Insider Trading Act and Voter ID Act, two bad bills that would undermine our democracy. Lawmakers should reject both of them. Here's what you need to know.🧵1/4
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