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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 4h

Tomorrow! ICAP Executive Director Mary McCord will join a panel on election and democracy protection at the @americanbar.org's 36th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Conference. The panel will begin at 10:20 am at the Omni Shoreham (DC).

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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 10h

Join @electiontaskforce.org for a webinar next week featuring legal & military experts, including ICAP's Mary McCord, who will discuss the legal limits on federal law enforcement & military presence at the polls. Tuesday, October 13 | 11:30 am ET Zoom - Register here: tinyurl.com/2m6xhwtt

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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

ICAP is hiring! ICAP seeks a Counsel, Senior Counsel, or Special Litigation Counsel committed to vindicating constitutional rights and protecting democratic processes through strategic litigation and policy development. More information can be found here: icap.law.georgetown.edu/about/#careers

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That guiding principle shapes not only our litigation but also the culture of our team. We combine constitutional scholarship with courtroom strategy to defend individual rights, hold the government a...

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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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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The Supreme Court in Dobbs may have returned the abortion debate to the states, but it did not permit states to warp that debate by criminalizing one side of it." – ICAP Senior Counsel Bill Powell

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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 · 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

Along with our partners at @wearecasa.bsky.social and Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project, we filed a motion yesterday seeking a preliminary injunction to clarify that the federal government must honor the citizenship of all children born in the U.S. Read the motion here: tinyurl.com/4dha29jn

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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 full press release for more information: tinyurl.com/2d5n65st

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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 · 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

Mary also appeared today on @npr.org's Here & Now to discuss the unlawful settlement addendum that bars all federal departments and agencies, including the IRS, from pursuing investigations, audits, & civil or criminal prosecutions against the president, his family, & his businesses on any matter:

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DOJ deal gives Trump, his family, and his businesses immunity from IRS investigations

An addendum added to the unusual Department of Justice deal will create a a $1.8 billion fund that would provide payments to people claim they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted.

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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

ICAP Executive Director Mary McCord also offered analysis on this week's episode of Main Justice with her co-host @weissmann.substack.com. Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Mj...

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Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

As Rupa explains, other funds for paying victims have been appropriated by Congress and include "stringent limitations that are built into the law about who is eligible, and how much money they get for the harm they suffered." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund Lacks Safeguards From Past Programs

The Justice Department’s new $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund lacks the rigorous controls that typically guide programs compensating victims out of litigation settlements or congressional mandat...

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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 · 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

Signatories on this letter include former Acting Attorneys General, Former Inspector General, Senior Ethics Officials, and more. See our press release for more details:

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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 · 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 · 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

The argument will begin shortly: www.youtube.com/live/gU6Nxcx... More on the case here! www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-wor...

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Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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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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