Universal Constitutional Remedies apply the same standard to all officers. Fundamentally, all the act says is: If any government employee violates the Constitution, they are liable.
March 5, 2026
The safeguards that warrants provide everyone in the United States are an important way we limit the enormous investigatory power that we have given the federal government.
March 4, 2026
Protect Democracy special counsel Rachel Goodman explains how attacks on free speech are part of a broader playbook that authoritarians around the world use to entrench themselves in power.
February 24, 2026
How to tell if the Trump DOJ is enforcing the law or retaliating against political enemies.
February 10, 2026
DOJ's efforts to acquire state voter date is laying the groundwork for purges of eligible voters, election subversion, and the invasion of fundamental privacy rights.
February 10, 2026
How grand juries serve as a vital shield against retaliatory prosecutions.
January 28, 2026
Even as the DOJ investigates officials in Minnesota, there is nothing in the public record to indicate that any of them have violated this law.
January 23, 2026
Protect Democracy represented 41 retired generals, admirals, and service secretaries in an amicus brief to oppose the Administration’s attempt to punish the speech of Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.
January 20, 2026
The NOPE Act will strongly disincentivize political targeting by creating meaningful accountability for abuses of power.
January 17, 2026
Federal agents don't have absolute immunity, and can face state criminal penalties, including prison time, for illegal conduct on the job.
January 14, 2026