Legal Challenges to Improper Deployment of Homeland Security Forces: An Explainer

People Protesting

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

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Case Documents
US Immigration Paperwork

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

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Case Documents

Protecting Congress’s Power of the Purse

For decades, Congress has given up control of one its most fundamental powers by delegating budget authority to the executive and engaging in insufficient oversight over federal spending.

July 1, 2020

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Issue

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

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Analysis