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Legal Actions
Lawsuits
CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation sue to defend the Presidential Records Act
CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) are suing President Trump, Vice President Vance, the Office of the Vice President, the White House, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and others to defend the Presidential Records Act of 1978 (PRA).
Amicus Briefs
CREW files amicus brief on behalf of bipartisan former secretaries of state in appeal of Michigan voter rolls suit
The appeals court should affirm the district court’s decision to dismiss the DOJ's lawsuit against Michigan for the state’s refusal to turn over its voter rolls.
Lawsuits
Voting rights groups sue DOJ to block national voter surveil-and-purge database
Common Cause and four individuals sued the Trump Administration to block the DOJ from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans’ confidential voter data and creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters.