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Protect Democracy applauds bipartisan call from 2020 candidates to limit presidential power. “From Warren to Walsh, there is overwhelming agreement: it’s time for Congress to impose guardrails on the increasingly imperial presidency.”
Today, on behalf of PEN America, Protect Democracy filed an amicus brief in federal district court in support of journalist Brian Karem. Mr. Karem has sued President Trump and the White House Press Secretary for revoking the “hard pass” that permits him access to White House grounds in…
Today, Protect Democracy launched EndTheEmergency.org, a website dedicated to the stories of communities affected by President Trump’s illegal national emergency declaration to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Protect Democracy represents El Paso County, Texas, and the Border Network for Human Rights in a lawsuit contesting the legality and…
Democratic Hopefuls Will Be Asked Whether They Will Prosecute Trump
Last month, presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a suite of policies to “realize the full potential of our democracy” focused on securing and expanding access to our elections. A few weeks later, Sen. Michael Bennet rolled out a proposal to “strengthen our democracy” by reforming the way we…
On July 30, 2019, with our partners at the Constitutional Accountability Center, we sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Ken Cuccinelli to provide them with notice that Ken Cuccinelli’s purported appointment to the role of Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and…
New York, NY – On July 26, Protect Democracy and Demos filed a lawsuit on behalf of civil and voting rights organizations New York Immigration Coalition, Community Voices Heard, Common Cause/New York, and Citizen Action of New York, alongside Rensselaer County resident Jenifer Benn. The lawsuit seeks to block…
Voters subjected to false accusations of felony voter fraud reached a settlement in their lawsuit against J. Christian Adams, a former member of the Pence-Kobach “Voter Fraud” Commission, and his organization, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF). According to the lawsuit, Mr. Adams and PILF unlawfully defamed and…
A new white paper from Protect Democracy sounds the alarm that presidential interference in the 2020 election is more than a remote possibility, and calls on Congress to act immediately to protect free and fair U.S. elections. In doing so, Congress can prevent President Trump, and his successors,…
SAN DIEGO — On Monday, July 8, 2019, the Rev. Kaji Dousa filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and leaders of these agencies to stop interfering with her legal right to provide pastoral services…
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