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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection | Georgetown Law ICAP defends constitutional rights and democratic processes through strategic litigation, policy development, and public education. icap.law.georgetown.edu

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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 28/09/2026
Sen. Oliver and the voters she represents should not be silenced. Campaign Legal Center Action is representing Sen. Oliver alongside @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social to reverse this unconstitutional retaliation. More about our lawsuit here: campaignlegal.org/press-releas... 4/4
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Tennessee State Sen. Charlane Oliver and Constituents Challenge Illegal Retaliation in Response to Gerrymandering Fight
NASHVILLE — Today, Tennessee state Senator Charlane Oliver and four of her constituents filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Senator Oliver's First Amendment rights were violated when she wa...
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Campaign Legal Center Action is suing on behalf of Tennessee Senator Charlane Oliver over the state's illegal retaliation against her and her constituents for exercising her First Amendment right to denounce lawmakers' disenfranchisement of Black voters with a gerrymandered map. 1/
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Tennessee Senator sues over illegal retaliation in response to redistricting fight

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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New! ICAP's Mary McCord outlines the problems with our outdated and overlapping laws governing domestic use of the military and how to fix them in a new Just Security piece. www.justsecurity.org/150850/reinv...
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Building Authorities for Domestic Use of the Military that Work
Authorities for domestic use of the military are outdated and subject to abuse — a blueprint for a single modern statute, enforceable limits, and judicial review.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICAP notched a significant win in the Sixth Circuit barring Tennessee from criminalizing our clients' speech counseling pregnant minors about the availability of legal abortion care outside the state. Sixth Circuit opinion: tinyurl.com/4pv9abx9
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On this Constitution Day, we are excited to share our new website with the world! Read about our work here: icap.law.georgetown.edu
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The Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection uses litigation, policy, and public education to protect constitutional rights and to hold our governmental institutions to the highest standar...
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ICAP Executive Director Mary McCord brings her constitutional law experience to the Speak Up for Justice panel, The First Amendment Under Pressure: Journalism, Courts & Public Trust. The Youtube link will release on September 17 at the link here: speakupforjustice.law
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Breaking news! In response to our motion, a federal judge just enjoined Trump's new Executive Order attempting to deny birthright citizenship to the very children the Supreme Court just held are citizens! Thanks to our plaintiff moms, @wearecasa.bsky.social, and ASAP! Opinion: tinyurl.com/ynf4s997
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New! Once again, we are challenging the President's birthright citizenship executive order.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Read our new suit on behalf of former AUSA Sunita Doddamani, fired for her work successfully prosecuting those who violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, violating her First Amendment and Due Process rights, and the Civil Service Reform Act. Complaint: tinyurl.com/2uzd5mcw
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/07/2026
A photo of a Black woman surrounded by members of Patriot Front on a DC train on July 4 went viral. But what exactly is Patriot Front? Former federal prosecutor Mary McCord explains. The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/4dfdtj6f
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 29/07/2026
Mary McCord spent years at the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Both offices are shells of themselves under the Trump administration. Listen to our latest More To The Story: tinyurl.com/4jydm5j8
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ICAP's Mary McCord joined MSNow for a full day of coverage on Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6X...
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
For a full day of coverage of Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing with ICAP’s Mary McCord, tune in to MSNow.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ICAP's Mary McCord's testimony from Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing in Jan. 2025 is even more relevant going into Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing tomorrow: the oath is to the Constitution, not to the President. Read it here:
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
ICAP's Mary McCord warns of the danger to First Amendment rights of targeting people for prosecution based on viewpoint:
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The Trump administration vowed to go after 'Antifa.' Here's what that's looked like
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Mary McCord about the Trump administration's vow to prosecute domestic terrorists and "Antifa."
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The Trump Administration wants to build a wall at holy site Mount Cristo Rey. We're fighting it on behalf of the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u... Read our opposition here: tinyurl.com/mutzrw4z
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A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This morning at 10 am, ICAP's Mary McCord will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the dangers of using the prosecutorial power to target people and organizations based on viewpoint. Watch the livestream: judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
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The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
After the horrific shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, ICAP's Mary McCord explains how using the "terrorist" label endangers constitutional rights and drives extremist violence: www.justsecurity.org/139553/domes...
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The Domestic Terrorist Label Endangers Rights and Drives Extremist Violence
Prepared Senate testimony for hearing that was postponed. On risks of Trump administration's use of terrorist labels for domestic groups.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 21/05/2026
Prepared Senate testimony for hearing that was postponed. On risks of the Trump administration's use of terrorist labels for domestic groups. By Mary McCord (@icapgeorgetown.bsky.social), former head of DOJ National Security Division
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The Domestic Terrorist Label Endangers Rights and Drives Extremist Violence
Prepared Senate testimony for hearing that was postponed. On risks of Trump administration's use of terrorist labels for domestic groups.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The president's unprecedented $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund raises serious concerns for the American people, says ICAP's Legal Director Rupa Bhattacharyya, drawing on years as a DOJ lawyer and special master of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund. More here: www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Trump DOJ creates $1.7-billion fund for victims of legal 'weaponization,' prompting outrage
Experts said Trump creating a fund for his political allies, to settle a lawsuit he had personally brought against his own government, was unprecedented and concerning.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
ICAP is honored to assist the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces in challenging the Trump administration's attempt to seize New Mexico land to extend the border wall. More details here:
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Catholic diocese fights Trump administration plan to seize pilgrimage site for border wall
(RNS) — The land targeted by the federal government is at the base of Mount Cristo Rey, a mountain and pilgrimage site topped by a 29-foot-tall limestone statue of Jesus Christ.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
On Monday, May 11th, at 6:30 pm, join ICAP's Mary McCord for a timely conversation at @nyhistory.bsky.social with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. The discussion will focus on the global legal frameworks that govern war crimes & more. Purchase in-person or livestream tickets here:
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Power Without Impunity: War Crimes and Illegal Orders | The New York Historical
When unlawful orders are given, whether in times of war or in moments of domestic unrest, who bears responsibility, and where does accountability truly lie?
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Starting soon! The event will begin at 1 p.m. ET. Register at the link in the post below.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Register now! On Thursday, April 30th at 1 p.m. ET ICAP's Kelsi Corkran will be featured as a panelist at @myconstitution.bsky.social's Home Stretch at the Supreme Court event in a discussion about the most significant cases of the SCOTUS term. RSVP: tinyurl.com/scvfmmut
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yesterday, more than 350 former USDOJ filed a letter explaining that a proposed rule that would allow the AG to indefinitely delay state bar investigations into allegations of professional misconduct against USDOJ attorneys is legally wrong & factually unsupported. Read the full letter:
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"...the First Amendment protects the right to watch law enforcement do their jobs in public, to record their activities, and to publicly criticize what law enforcement is doing,” said ICAP's Seth Wayne. “Those same principles apply to federal law enforcement.”
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 06/04/2026
The DOJ, through investigations by the civil servants we’re representing, has routinely held local police accountable for violating protestors’ constitutional rights. Federal agents must be held to the same standard. 3/3
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 06/04/2026
Campaign Legal Center and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social are representing former career civil servants from DOJ's Civil Rights Division who worked to eliminate patterns of illegal conduct by law enforcement under Democratic and Republicans administrations alike. 2/
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Campaign Legal Center @campaignlegal.org · 06/04/2026
NEW: 39 former DOJ civil servants filed an amicus brief calling on the court to hold ICE and other federal agents accountable for violations of protestors’ First Amendment rights in Minnesota. DOJ has held local police to this standard—the same must apply here. 1/
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Dozens of Former DOJ Staff Urge Accountability for First Amendment Violations by ICE, Other Federal Agents
Actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota that seek to quash dissent and retaliate against individuals for exercising...
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Pam Bondi did a disservice to the Department of Justice, crime victims, and the public. ICAP’s Mary McCord reflects on it here: www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...
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Opinion | The embarrassing lesson of Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing
Mary McCord: Maybe now that she is out as attorney general, Bondi will reflect on where and why she went astray.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
ICAP is proud to represent legal ethics scholars warning of the ethical dilemma posed for lawyers at firms blacklisted by Trump's illegal executive orders and for lawyers at firms that cut a deal. Read our brief here: www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Just published! ICAP's Mary McCord warns about DOJ's $1.25 million payoff to Michael Flynn:
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Opinion | How Michale Flynn’s lies earned him a $1.2million settlement
While this result is far from just, perhaps more concerning is what it invites others to do.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ICAP is honored to work with the MN AG and Hennepin County Attorney to seek justice for those harmed by the ICE surge in Minneapolis. Read the full complaint: www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
ICAP's Mary McCord writes that DOJ both embarrassed and exposed itself as a purely political actor in reversing its decision to dismiss the appeals of four court orders striking down POTUS's blacklisting of law firms. Read it here.
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Opinion | What's exposed by the Justice Department's about-face on Trump's campaign against law firms
Mary McCord: Every lawyer knows that the federal court rulings were correct and that the president's executive orders are legally indefensible.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
CBP agents are threatening and coercing unaccompanied immigrant children to "voluntarily" return to their home countries, potentially facilitating a return to the danger and violence they initially sought refuge from. ICAP has filed a motion seeking to halt this unlawful practice. More here:
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Legal advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport
Legal advocates are asking a judge to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging unaccompanied immigrant children to voluntarily deport themselves.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
"...the American people are on the hook for these claims if liability is assessed against the government." –– ICAP's Rupa Bhattacharyya on the president's request for the federal government to pay him billions of dollars. Read the full article at the link below!
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Last year we challenged DHS's rescission of the policy that restricts immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, including places of worship. Today ICAP's Kelsi Corkran will argue in the DC Circuit in our continued defense of the religious rights and freedoms of millions of Americans.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In a recent episode of the podcast @shortcircuitij.bsky.social, ICAP's Elizabeth Cruikshank shares insights from her years of work litigating on behalf of people behind bars. Listen now!
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Short Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional - Institute for Justice
IJ’s Anya Bidwell interviews two civil rights lawyers for a wide-ranging conversation about what it’s like to litigate on behalf of people behind bars. She […]
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
On Monday, a federal judge heard arguments on whether to expel ICE agents from Minnesota in an attempt to end the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement. ICAP's Mary McCord joined @pbsnews.org to discuss the implications of this case and more. Listen now.
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Federal judge hears Minnesota's arguments for ending ICE surge
A federal judge in Minnesota heard arguments on whether to expel ICE agents from the state and put an end to the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement. The hearing comes as state and...
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Georgetown Law @georgetownlaw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Professor Mary McCord of @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social joined Geoff Bennett on @pbsnews.org to discuss Minnesota's legal challenge to ICE enforcement actions and Tenth Amendment questions around federal-state authority: to.pbs.org/4qMLXy6
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Federal judge hears Minnesota's arguments for ending ICE surge
A federal judge in Minnesota heard arguments on whether to expel ICE agents from the state and put an end to the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement. The hearing comes as state and...
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Yesterday U.S. Border Patrol shot and killed Alex Pretti in the streets of Minneapolis. ICAP’s Julia Gegenheimer pulls from years of experience prosecuting law enforcement misconduct to detail what a proper investigation should look like. Read now:
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What a Proper Investigation of Alex Pretti's Killing Would Look Like
Former prosecutor in Criminal Section of DOJ Civil Rights analyzes evidence and need for proper investigation of Alex Pretti's killing.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
DOJ has more than enough evidence to investigate the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good. ICAP's Julia Gegenheimer breaks down what it would take to build that criminal case. Read the full article here:
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Opening an Investigation of ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
Analysis by a veteran of the Criminal Section of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division of the basis for investigation of ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
ICAP's Julia Gegenheimer recently joined Amicus host, @mjsdc.bsky.social, to discuss the remaining paths to justice after the killing of Renee Good and provide expert legal analysis on what happens when the DOJ abandons its duty. Listen to the full episode here:
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How SCOTUS Might Handle Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit
If Trump invokes it on this flimsy premise, he’s setting the stage for even worse abuses.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
ICYMI! ICAP's Mary McCord spoke with @npr.org 1A's Jenn White about what's happening in the Department of Justice. Listen now: the1a.org/segments/dot...
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dot Gov '26: The Department of Justice
The DOJ has been at the center of a swirl of major headlines in recent weeks.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 05/01/2026
We’re breaking down the latest on Trump’s brazen Venezuela takeover—and what it means for the world—with Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord. Coffee with the Contrarians returns at 9:15am ET on Substack. Watch LIVE by subscribing for free: contrarian.substack.com/subscribe
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Listen to ICAP's Mary McCord join Jenn White on @npr.org’s 1A today to talk about the year of litigation against the Trump Administration: the1a.org/segments/the...
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The outstanding cases against the Trump administration
The president's racked up 350 lawsuits so far.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
In case you missed Mary McCord's testimony at today's House Democrats' hearing, she summarized it in this op-ed: Political violence didn't stop with Jan. 6 www.ms.now/opinion/jan-...
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Opinion | How the lessons of Jan. 6 are relevant this election year
Mary McCord: We cannot ignore the false narratives that this administration seeks to rely on to suppress voting rights and public protest.
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Today at 10 am ET! ICAP's Mary McCord will testify about political violence on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection before Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Congressmember Bennie Thompson, and the House Democrats. The hearing will be live streamed here:
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After January 6th: Setting the Record Straight on the Capitol Insurrection
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
ICYMI: ICAP’s Mary McCord joined @democracydocket.com's @marcelias.bsky.social to talk about what’s happened to the DOJ she served in for more than 20 years:
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