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Today, a Texas federal court ruled that President Trump’s proclamation of a national emergency along the Southern border violated federal law. The court declared that the president’s proclamation is invalid because it illegally sought to override Congress’s decision to not fund further border wall construction. The court invited…
South Carolina GOP Unilaterally Canceled Primary in Violation of Party and State Rules (Columbia, South Carolina) – Today, Republican voters filed a lawsuit alleging that the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Republican Party illegally canceled its presidential primary in violation of its own rules and state law.…
This opinion originally ran in The Hill and can be found here. As official Washington is understandably consumed by the launch of an impeachment inquiry, the transcript of President Trump urging President Zelensky of Ukraine to investigate the Biden family, and upcoming testimony by the Intelligence Community (IC) whistleblower who…
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…
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