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Legal Actions
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.
Testimony
Congress must prevent Commerce from using Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls
Congress must prevent the Department of Commerce from using Trump Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls. CREW’s testimony proposes bill and report language to ensure that those controls are maintained.