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Thank you to our panelists and our guests who joined us at CAC's Home Stretch at #SCOTUS! If you couldn't watch our expert panel live, watch the recording: youtu.be/6_JF_1Z39qc
"This new Congress should take up the mantle of the Reconstruction Congress and envision substantive solutions to the problems of justice our country continues to face." Read @elizabethwydra & @davidhgans in @slate on thinking big about court reform: slate.com/news-and-politics/…
CAC is looking for interns for Summer 2027! This is a paid position perfect for law students interested in the progressive promise of the Constitution's text and history. theusconstitution.org/legal-…
ALT Accepting applications: Summer 2027 Legal Internship. Apply to join the CAC team today!
Today's #SCOTUS case gives the justices the opportunity "to make sure that all beneficiaries of government assistance—from big corporations to everyday individuals—are treated exactly the same." Read our full reaction: theusconstitution.org/news/s…
"[Justice Jackson] has brought to the court this idea that if we’re going to look to text and history, we have to look to the whole public and the views of marginalized communities." Read more from @davidhgans in @CNN: cnn.com/2026/10/19/politics/…
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From the congressional "power of the purse" to state-level investigations, there are many ways to hold Trump accountable. Read more from CAC's Praveen Fernandes' conversation with @Brandi_Buchman in @HuffPost: huffpost.com/entry/democrats…
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When employers break the laws requiring safe conditions for foreign farmworkers on H-2A visas, they should be held accountable. Before oral argument today, read our #SCOTUS brief explaining why the Department of Labor can impose penalties on employers: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
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As the Founding generation understood, rights are meaningless without remedies. When prison officials violate people's constitutional rights, there should be accountability. Read our full reaction to this morning's argument at #SCOTUS: theusconstitution.org/news/s…
When employers break the laws requiring safe conditions for foreign farmworkers on H-2A visas, they should be held accountable. Before oral argument tomorrow, read our #SCOTUS brief explaining why the Department of Labor can impose penalties on employers: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
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When Kekai Watanabe’s tailbone was shattered, a prison nurse refused to treat that injury, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Before argument today, read our #SCOTUS brief explaining why Watanabe can sue in federal court: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
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When Kekai Watanabe’s tailbone was shattered, a prison nurse refused to treat that injury, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Before argument Monday, read our #SCOTUS brief explaining why Watanabe can sue in federal court: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
CAC is looking for interns for Summer 2027! This is a paid position perfect for law students interested in the progressive promise of the Constitution's text and history. theusconstitution.org/legal-…
ALT Accepting applications: Summer 2027 Legal Internship. Apply to join the CAC team today!
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If #SCOTUS "carves out college employees from the reach of Title IX’s private right of action," it "will just harm more people" in the long run. Read @mbeckercohen’s comments in @HigherEdDive: highereddive.com/news/inside…
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Read our amicus brief explaining why University employees have a right to seek justice under Title IX when they face unlawful discrimination on the job: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
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As our brief on behalf of 1st Amendment scholars demonstrates, nothing in the text and history of the 1st Amendment supports a sweeping right to disregard generally applicable antidiscrimination laws. Our full reaction to this morning's #SCOTUS argument: theusconstitution.org/news/s…
Before oral argument today, read our #SCOTUS brief on behalf of First Amendment scholars explaining why the nondiscrimination policy for Colorado’s universal preschool program is constitutional: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
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Check out my new piece with the great @SkyePerryman of @DemocracyFwd on court defiance and the need for accountability!
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Before oral argument tomorrow, read our #SCOTUS brief on behalf of First Amendment scholars explaining why the nondiscrimination policy for Colorado’s universal preschool program is constitutional: theusconstitution.org/litiga…
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"The Constitution gives states the power to run elections and gives voters the final word. Trump’s Justice Department is trying to rewrite that bargain in the final days of a campaign." More from CAC's Praveen Fernandes and the Not Above the Law coalition: notabovethelawcoalition.org/…
CAC is looking for interns for Summer 2027! This is a paid position perfect for law students interested in the progressive promise of the Constitution's text and history. theusconstitution.org/legal-…
ALT Accepting applications: Summer 2027 Legal Internship. Apply to join the CAC team today!
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"[Justice Jackson] has brought to the court this idea that if we’re going to look to text and history, we have to look to the whole public and the views of marginalized communities." Read more from @davidhgans in @CNN: cnn.com/2026/10/19/politics/…