Legal Actions - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Testimony

Ethics & Reform

Congress must prioritize judicial security

Congress must prioritize judicial security and discourage hostile rhetoric against judges by elected and appointed government officials, according to testimony submitted by CREW.

Letters

Democracy

Five years on from January 6th, Congress must protect against President Trump’s attacks on democracy

We must learn from the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and Congress must act to protect our country from President Trump’s continued siege against democracy and our Constitution.

Amicus Briefs

Corruption

CREW files First Circuit amicus brief supporting Harvard’s ability to host international scholars and students

The court should reject the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict Harvard from hosting international scholars and students.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DOJ for failing to produce records on voter data collection

CREW is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to produce records on an expedited basis in response to CREW’s FOIA requests about the agency’s collection of confidential voter information from state voter rolls.

Lawsuits

Democracy

Lawsuit filed to protect crucial watchdogs from Trump-Vance administration assault

A coalition of nonprofit organizations are uniting to defend the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) from a Trump-Vance administration attempt to defund it.

Amicus Briefs

Transparency

CREW files amicus briefs in support of states’ refusal to turn over voter rolls to DOJ

The courts should dismiss the government’s lawsuits against states seeking to force them to turn over their voter rolls

Congress must prioritize judicial security

Five years on from January 6th, Congress must protect against President Trump’s attacks on democracy

CREW files First Circuit amicus brief supporting Harvard’s ability to host international scholars and students

CREW sues DOJ for failing to produce records on voter data collection

Lawsuit filed to protect crucial watchdogs from Trump-Vance administration assault

CREW files amicus briefs in support of states’ refusal to turn over voter rolls to DOJ

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