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Letters

Democracy

CREW opposes Census Bureau’s exclusion effort and collection of data pertaining to legal status

The Census Bureau should withdraw its proposal to redefine “usual residence” which appears to be unlawful and will largely impact immigrants.

Lawsuits

Election Laws And Voting Rights

Voting rights and privacy orgs sue Trump admin over secretive collection of millions of Americans’ voter records

The League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s secretive and unlawful effort to collect and compile sensitive personal information about millions of American voters into a massive nationwide database.

Lawsuits

Executive Branch Ethics

CREW sues to block Jared Kushner from acting as Trump envoy

Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and envoy, is breaking the law by acting as one of the country’s top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures.

Legal Complaints

Executive Branch Ethics

White House official Peter Navarro’s book promotion likely violates ethics law

CREW filed a complaint about White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro's apparent violation federal ethics law by using his official capacity to promote his book.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

Growing judicial security risks deserve innovative solutions

The judiciary and Congress should consider structural reforms to address judicial security, especially with regard to USMS.

Legal Complaints

Corruption

Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads violate multiple federal laws

The Trump administration’s reported use of Department of Homeland Security funds to finance a set of pro-Trump propaganda advertisements likely violated multiple federal laws, including appropriations laws.