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Money in Politics

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.

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Democracy

CREW files amicus brief urging SCOTUS to reject GEO Group’s claim to sovereign immunity

The Supreme Court should reject GEO Group’s call to expand sovereign immunity to all government contractors, according to an amicus brief filed by CREW.

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.

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Corruption

CREW files historian amicus briefs in support of states’ efforts to block National Guard deployments

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.

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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.

Legal Complaints

Ethics & Reform

CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Howard Lutnick

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick appears to have violated the Hatch Act during a Fox Business interview in which he urged voters to defeat New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani while speaking in his official capacity, according to a CREW complaint filed today with the Office of Special Counsel.

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

CREW files amicus brief urging SCOTUS to reject GEO Group’s claim to sovereign immunity

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

CREW files historian amicus briefs in support of states’ efforts to block National Guard deployments

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

CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Howard Lutnick

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