Stopping the Consolidation of Power Archives - Page 26 of 45

One Year Later: Protect Democracy reissues report on accountability for Trump-era abuses

On the first anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, Protect Democracy is reissuing the paper with a new preface.

January 6, 2022

Capitol Police officer who was beaten while defending House of Representatives on January 6 sues Trump under the Klan Act

January 4, 2022

Protect Democracy urges House to hold Mark Meadows in contempt and the Justice Department to refer the citation to a grand jury

December 14, 2021

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Congress’s Urgent Need for Access to January 6th Records

December 13, 2021

Landmark Package of Pro-Democracy Reform Legislation Passes in the House

The Protecting Our Democracy Act, which passed the House, would create and strengthen guardrails against the abuse of executive power.

December 9, 2021

Thompson v. Trump

Amicus briefs filed by a bipartisan group of former members of Congress explain why it was Congress’s right to review documents that Trump was withholding.

December 9, 2021

Legal Sanctions Sought to Hold Federal Government Accountable for Misrepresentations to Court

December 9, 2021

Protect Democracy Joins Broad Coalition in Supporting the Bivens Act of 2021, Which Would Ensure that Federal Officials Are Accountable for Constitutional Violations

December 8, 2021

Defamed Georgia Election Workers Sue The Gateway Pundit Over Ballot Fraud Disinformation

Two women who served as election workers in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 election today filed a landmark defamation lawsuit against The Gateway Pundit.

December 2, 2021

Federal Vacancies Reform Act

We are working to reassert the FVRA, and have also proposed reforms to strengthen Congress’s capacity to fulfill its Constitutional role.

November 30, 2021