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Amicus Briefs

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Campaign Legal Center, CREW file brief opposing ballroom

CLC and CREW filed an amicus brief highlighting the dangers around special interest groups' donations to Trump's East Wing ballroom.

Lawsuits

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CREW, CLC sue FEC to strike down unlawful advisory opinion on canvassing coordination

Campaign Legal Center and CREW filed a complaint asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to declare a 2024 Federal Election Commission advisory opinion unlawful and set it aside.

Amicus Briefs

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CREW submits amicus brief urging court to reject NRA’s appeal in Giffords v. NRA

The court should reject the NRA's appeal that the FEC failed to act in a series of complaints filed by Giffords against the NRA.

Lawsuits

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CREW sues the FEC for records on FEC Commissioner and new disclosure policy

The American public should have more transparency into how decisions on regulating our campaign finance system are discussed and made.

Legal Complaints

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CREW tells First Circuit: respect Maine voters’ anti-bribery efforts

The First Circuit should overturn the U.S. District Court of Maine’s rejection of a statewide ballot initiative capping donations to super PACs making independent expenditures, according to an amicus brief filed by CREW.

Amicus Briefs

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CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief in support of coordinated expenditure limits for political party donations

Earmarking rules and disclosure laws cannot prevent all quid pro quo corruption that could occur through coordinated expenditures.

Amicus Briefs

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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

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CREW urges AZ Supreme Court to uphold promise of transparency in Voter’s Right to Know Act

Arizona’s Voter’s Right to Know Act—passed in 2022 to combat corrupt elections and strengthen the state’s disclosure rules—should be upheld.

Legal Complaints

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CREW files FEC complaint over Trump campaign coordination with outside groups

Presidential campaigns cannot legally withhold the identities of high-dollar donors who fund their canvassing efforts via an outside group.

Letters

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The Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding have escalated over first 100 days

The Trump administration’s apparent disregard for the funding levels set by Congress strips Congress of its power of the purse and sets the stage for the administration to claim that it cannot carry out other laws.

Testimony

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Congress: Look to the GAO and inspectors general to help address improper payments, not DOGE

The Trump administration should focus on carrying out existing recommendations from IGs and the GAO for addressing improper payments, rather than firing watchdogs and creating DOGE.

Legal Complaints

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Americans 4 Security appears to be a political group in disguise. The FEC and IRS must investigate.

The FEC should investigate Americans 4 Security to determine whether it should register as a political committee and disclose information.

Campaign Legal Center, CREW file brief opposing ballroom

CREW, CLC sue FEC to strike down unlawful advisory opinion on canvassing coordination

CREW submits amicus brief urging court to reject NRA’s appeal in Giffords v. NRA

CREW sues the FEC for records on FEC Commissioner and new disclosure policy

CREW tells First Circuit: respect Maine voters’ anti-bribery efforts

CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief in support of coordinated expenditure limits for political party donations

CREW files amicus brief on behalf of Rep. Rosa DeLauro in foreign assistance funding freeze case

CREW urges AZ Supreme Court to uphold promise of transparency in Voter’s Right to Know Act

CREW files FEC complaint over Trump campaign coordination with outside groups

The Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding have escalated over first 100 days

Congress: Look to the GAO and inspectors general to help address improper payments, not DOGE

Americans 4 Security appears to be a political group in disguise. The FEC and IRS must investigate.

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