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...

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...

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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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.

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...

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...

On August 28, 2026, Campaign Legal Center on behalf of Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction to enjoin USPS’s Final Rule, which unlawfully empowers USPS to shut down any State’s mail ba...

It has been a tumultuous week in the effort to stop the Trump administration from imposing an illegal and unconstitutional plan to interfere with voting by mail in this country. A new court order issu...

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Fears about President Trump interfering with the midterm elections have been building since the early days of his second term. The concern is absolutely justified.

Once viewed as contrary to basic tenets of democracy, partisan gerrymandering is now deemed a legitimate government purpose.

In its 2025-2026 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued several decisions of critical importance to voters and our elections.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Trevor Potter, founder of Campaign Legal Center, about a Supreme Court decision allowing greater spending coordination between campaigns and party committees.

In the last week of its term, the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Today, in a 5-4 opinion in Watson v. Republican National Committee, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed what the Constitution already makes clear: States have the authority to enact and enfor...

The day is nearly upon us: The 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence — or more accurately, the commemoration of a decision by a handful of British colonial subjects to declare independence fr...

A 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais has eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and opened the door for states to enact discriminatory voting maps and laws.

With the 2026 midterms approaching, the Trump administration and its allies have intensified a sweeping campaign to erode the safeguards that keep our elections free, fair and secure.

During a more than 40-year career holding positions such as Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman and president of Campaign Legal Center, the professional role that has always elicited the most i...

A government ethics group has accused a pair of super political action committees backed by artificial intelligence investors of improperly concealing which companies they are paying to create adverti...