The President doesn’t have the authority to force cities and states to change their bail policies. Read more from @davidhgans.bsky.social's conversation with @amandavhernan.bsky.social in @stateline.org: stateline.org/2025/09/23/c...

Check out the latest from Professor Catherine Powell in @cfr.org: www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

When Damon Landor explained that the law protected his religious freedom to grow out his dreadlocks, prison employees threw the case he showed them in the trash and cut his hair. Our #SCOTUS brief explains why Landor can seek damages from those officials: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...

Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles can be reviewed by the courts. Read our amicus brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/n...

CAC is excited to welcome our Legal Fellow, Simon Chin! www.theusconstitution.org/staff/simon-...

Our Constitution is under attack. Courts, Congress, and the American public must defend it. Read more from CAC’s Praveen Fernandes in @acslaw.bsky.social: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

While #SCOTUS shadow docket orders troublingly suggest that the Court is not currently interested in “acting as a constitutional check on the executive [branch],” we “have seen the lower courts step into that role.” Read more from @elizabethwydra.bsky.social by @lawrencehurley.bsky.social:

Yet another deeply disturbing use of the #SCOTUS shadow docket—this time to pause the lower court order holding that Trump’s attempt to remove an FTC Commissioner was unlawful. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump cannot ignore Congress’s protections for refugees seeking asylum. Read our amicus brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/r...

CAC joined 500 organizations urging the government not to use violence as a pretext for weaponizing the government to threaten nonprofit and charitable organizations, other perceived adversaries, or any class of people. www.theusconstitution.org/news/open-le...

CAC is excited to welcome Michelle Berger, the 2025-2026 Douglas T. Kendall Fellow! www.theusconstitution.org/staff/michel...

The Third Circuit once again upheld the constitutionality of the Medicare prescription drug price negotiation program. Read our amicus brief explaining that the Constitution doesn't entitle Big Pharma to a set level of profits: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/n...

This Constitution Week, it’s more important than ever to defend our Constitution and the core concepts of citizenship it protects. Read more from CAC’s Praveen Fernandes in @acslaw.bsky.social: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

Trump invoked the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act to justify sending Venezuelan immigrants to a Salvadoran prison notorious for torture. As CAC's @anabuiles.bsky.social explained, this was unlawful. www.theusconstitution.org/blog/trumps-...

“When the Constitution’s text and its embedded concepts of citizenship aren’t protected, all Americans—irrespective of immigration status, citizenship, or political party affiliation—are harmed.” Read more from CAC’s Praveen Fernandes in @acslaw.bsky.social: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

CAC is excited to welcome our new Legal Fellow, Harith Khawaja! www.theusconstitution.org/staff/harith...

As CAC's Praveen Fernandes explained at a Not Above The Law event on Capitol Hill, we all have a duty to protect the Constitution. Watch the full remarks from @schiff.senate.gov,‪ @pelosi.house.gov, @repdangoldman.bsky.social, @repsummerlee.bsky.social‪, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, and CAC:

“When we celebrate the Constitution today, we celebrate not only the document signed centuries ago, but the whole Constitution, which has been amended numerous times by We the People.” Read more from CAC’s Praveen Fernandes in @acslaw.bsky.social: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day! This year, both the Constitution and core concepts of citizenship are under attack, and they deserve our attention and protection more than ever. Read more from CAC’s Praveen Fernandes in @acslaw.bsky.social: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

This year, both the Constitution and core concepts of citizenship are under attack, and they deserve our attention and protection more than ever. Ahead of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day tomorrow, read more from CAC’s Praveen Fernandes in @acslaw.bsky.social: www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

The Trump administration is undermining oversight and accountability systems that help ensure the law is enforced and that prevent corruption. Read more from @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...

School policies that stigmatize trans students based on fear, prejudice, and sex stereotypes cannot be squared with Title IX’s promise of gender equality in education. www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/a...

The Fifth Circuit recently upheld the authority of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to issue penalties when bankers break the law. Read about our amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit: www.vitallaw.com/news/enforce....

School policies that stigmatize trans students based on fear, prejudice, and sex stereotypes cannot be squared with Title IX’s promise of gender equality in education. www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/a...

It’s been a busy month at CAC! Read our latest newsletter to see what’s been happening at CAC: www.theusconstitution.org/news/septemb...

The Sixth Amendment guarantees a jury of twelve members. Read our brief explaining why #SCOTUS should return the Sixth Amendment to its original meaning: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/p...

CAC is excited to welcome our new Appellate Counsel, @josble.bsky.social! www.theusconstitution.org/staff/18685/

The Voting Rights Act is in the crosshairs at #SCOTUS. Listen to more on the history of voting rights from @davidhgans.bsky.social in conversation with @sargeinpolipsych.bsky.social: circumscription.fireside.fm/5

Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles can be reviewed by the courts. Read our amicus brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/n...

In a win for consumers, the Fifth Circuit upheld the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s authority to issue penalties when bankers break the law. Read our amicus brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/o...

How does the Voting Rights Act work? Listen to more on the history of voting rights from @davidhgans.bsky.social in conversation with @sargeinpolipsych.bsky.social: circumscription.fireside.fm/5

When Damon Landor explained that the law protected his religious freedom to grow out his dreadlocks, prison employees threw the case he showed them in the trash and cut his hair. Our #SCOTUS brief explains why Landor can seek damages from those officials: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...

Trump’s executive order attacking the right to vote is blatantly unconstitutional. Read our brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...

Our Constitution protects the right to vote, but that right is now under attack. Listen to @davidhgans.bsky.social in conversation with @sargeinpolipsych.bsky.social: circumscription.fireside.fm/5

#SCOTUS is considering a case that could severely undermine the Constitution’s and Voting Rights Act’s protections of the right to vote.

The Fifth Circuit, citing our amicus brief, held that Trump did not lawfully invoke the Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan immigrants. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

If you are into voting rights and/or redistricting, I made a podcast episode for you: circumscription.fireside.fm/5

"If a president can flood your streets with federal agents and import troops from other states under the guise of an 'emergency,' then no community is safe." More from the Not Above the Law coalition chairs, including CAC's Praveen Fernandes, in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

"If a president can flood your streets with federal agents and import troops from other states under the guise of an 'emergency,' then no community is safe." More from the Not Above the Law coalition chairs, including CAC's Praveen Fernandes, in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Donald Trump blatantly violated the law by attempting to remove Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Read our brief in support of the Commissioners: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/b...

Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is an attempt to take our nation back to some of its darkest days before the Civil War. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now: www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...

CAC is looking for our next Kendall Fellow to start Fall of 2026 to support our work to advance the progressive promise of the Constitution. Learn more about this internally funded fellowship for recent law school graduates: www.theusconstitution.org/douglas-t-ke...

The overwhelming professional consensus is that so-called “conversion therapy” is harmful to patients. Read our #SCOTUS brief explaining why Colorado’s statutory ban on “conversion therapy” for minors is constitutional: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

If a judge’s “disquiet” about a verdict isn’t a good enough reason to reduce a sentence under the compassionate release statute, what is? Read our #SCOTUS amicus brief defending judges’ discretion to reduce sentences: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/f...

CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now: www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...

CAC is looking for our next Kendall Fellow to start Fall of 2026 to support our work to advance the progressive promise of the Constitution. Learn more about this internally funded fellowship for recent law school graduates: www.theusconstitution.org/douglas-t-ke...

The Sixth Amendment guarantees a jury of twelve members, but Mark Todd Minor was convicted by just six. Read our brief explaining why #SCOTUS should return the Sixth Amendment to its original meaning: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/m...

It's been a busy month at CAC! Read our latest newsletter to see what's been happening at CAC: www.theusconstitution.org/news/august-...

CAC is looking for our next Kendall Fellow to start Fall of 2026 to support our work to advance the progressive promise of the Constitution. Learn more about this internally funded fellowship for recent law school graduates: www.theusconstitution.org/douglas-t-ke...