Letters
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Lawsuits
CREW sues for records on noncitizen voting numbers
The federal government must respond to CREW’s requests seeking records underlying the Trump administration’s claims about noncitizen voting.
Amicus Briefs
The problems Citizens United created support Hawaii’s innovative solution
The safeguards that Citizens United assumed would check corporate election spending have failed, and Hawaii is fighting back.
Letters
CREW recommends transparency reform for when grand juries refuse to indict
The Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules should consider an amendment that would provide notice when a grand jury has decided not to indict a person for a crime.
Testimony
Donald Sherman testifies on Trump’s foreign business interests and conflicts of interest
Trump and his admin's actions have opened the door to foreign influence through an array of foreign conflicts of interests. CREW President Donald Sherman testifies on the impact of President Trump’s foreign conflicts of interest on our national security and how this corruption harms Americans’ safety and prosperity.
Legal Complaints
Trump administration’s politicized federal grant decisions violate the Hatch Act
The Trump administration’s admitted cancellation of federal grants to states based on their political identity is a Hatch Act violation.
Amicus Briefs
Trump’s IRS deal violates the Domestic Emoluments Clause
The collusive IRS deal that President Trump entered constitutes a violation of the Constitution’s Domestic Emoluments Clause.