Avoiding Another McGahn: Options to Modernize Congress’s Subpoena Compliance Tools
Congress can take steps to ensure that, when it issues a subpoena, its subject is more likely to comply.
October 16, 2020
Limitations on the Use of the National Guard
for Federal Law Enforcement Missions: A Primer
Protect Democracy explains the limitations on the use of the National Guard for federal law enforcement missions.
August 1, 2020
Legal Challenges to Improper Deployment of Homeland Security Forces: An Explainer
Protect Democracy breaks down 40 U.S.C. § 1315—the purported legal basis for the Trump administration’s deployment of unidentified DHS agents to Portland, Oregon, in July 2020.
August 1, 2020
Don’t Shoot Portland v. Wolf
This lawsuit contended that federal law enforcement officers exceeded the limits of their authority in Portland, Oregon, in response to protests.
July 27, 2020
ASISTA v. Albence
In February 2020, Protect Democracy filed a lawsuit alleging that Matthew Albence, the purported Acting Director of ICE was not legally serving in that position.
July 17, 2020
Legal Challenges to an Invocation of the Insurrection Act: A Primer
Protect Democracy’s litigation memo analyzing the Trump administration’s threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act in the lead-up to the 2020 election and any potential legal challenges.
July 1, 2020
Ensuring Independence for the Department of Justice
Sheldon Whitehouse, Kamala Harris, and Richard Blumenthal, and Hakeem Jeffries have proposed legislation to help restore the longstanding norm of Department of Justice (DOJ) independence.
June 10, 2020
Lawsuit Seeking War Powers Transparency Report
Protect Democracy sued to compel disclosure of a war powers report the Trump administration failed to provide to the public.
June 9, 2020
Denson v. Trump Campaign
Class-action lawsuit against the Trump campaign over its use of sweeping nondisclosure and non-disparagement clauses (“NDAs”) to bar speech about the former president and his family members.
June 1, 2020