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Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW urges the Judicial Conference to address the independence of the U.S. Marshals Service.

The Judicial Conference should use its September 2025 meeting to address the role of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in preserving judicial independence.

Legal Complaints

Money in Politics

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

Corruption

CREW files historian amicus brief in support of California’s effort to block National Guard deployment to Los Angeles

Given the lack of legal justification for the Trump administration’s federalization of the California National Guard, the Ninth Circuit should affirm the district court’s temporary restraining order and block Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

Letters

Democracy

CREW supports congressional effort to end D.C. takeover

Congress should pass House Joint Resolution 115, which would terminate the emergency in Washington, D.C. declared by Trump.

Legal Complaints

Democracy

CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief on behalf of former secretaries of state on accuracy, reliability and security of mail-in voting

The Supreme Court should affirm the lower court’s decision to dismiss Rep. Mike Bost’s lawsuit challenging mail-in voting in Illinois.

Lawsuits

Corruption

CREW sues the State Department for Musk/Modi meeting records

The Department of State has not responded to CREW’s request for records pertaining to Elon Musk’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 13, 2025, according to a lawsuit filed by CREW.

CREW urges the Judicial Conference to address the independence of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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

CREW files historian amicus brief in support of California’s effort to block National Guard deployment to Los Angeles

CREW supports congressional effort to end D.C. takeover

CREW files SCOTUS amicus brief on behalf of former secretaries of state on accuracy, reliability and security of mail-in voting

CREW sues the State Department for Musk/Modi meeting records

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