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Legal Actions
Letters
CREW urges the Judicial Conference to address the independence of the U.S. Marshals Service.
The Judicial Conference should use its September 2025 meeting to address the role of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in preserving judicial independence.
Legal Complaints
CREW files amicus brief on behalf of Rep. Rosa DeLauro in foreign assistance funding freeze case
The Supreme Court should deny the Trump administration’s application for a partial stay of a district court injunction that ordered the administration to unfreeze foreign assistance funding appropriated by Congress.
Legal Complaints
CREW files historian amicus brief in support of California’s effort to block National Guard deployment to Los Angeles
Given the lack of legal justification for the Trump administration’s federalization of the California National Guard, the Ninth Circuit should affirm the district court’s temporary restraining order and block Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.