CLC has sued to get the FEC to do its job and no longer keep voters in the dark about where money came from and how it was spent. 

Failing to set up a blind trust is a colossal mistake.

More than 7,000 Native Americans in North Dakota can now vote with greater ease.

Texas District Court judge grants motion enjoining Texas from limiting the number of absentee drop-off sites to one per county. 

ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit affirmed the district court ruling in Jones v. DeSantis, finding it unconstitutional to deny people with past felony convictions...

Gerrymandering is an anti-democratic process that strips Democrats and Republicans of the ability to elect people who represent their communities. 

Rep. Devin Nunes sued The Washington Post and one of its journalists for more than $250 million over a report the California Republican claims to be defamatory.

President Trump will be paying for his legal bills out of pocket, and wants to help pay for his staffers as well - but this could be a conflict of interest in the investigation into Russian meddling.

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DeJoy reimbursed his employees and family members for making more than $1 million in campaign contributions while hiding that he was the true source. 

A loophole in ethics laws lets Trump’s personal lawyer sidestep disclosure.

WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the National Rifle Association (NRA) violated federal law by using a common...

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Barack Obama don’t agree on much—but they’ve both turned redistricting reform into their main political cause for the years ahead.

A coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to block the state from enforcing their "exact match" protocol that places tens of thousands of...

When super PACs illegally coordinate with candidates to pour billions of dollars into elections, they drown out the voices of voters and elevate the power of wealthy special interests. 

This afternoon at the daily White House press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders misstated current law when insinuating that the DNC and Hillary Clinton acted illegally in paying for...

The first stage of the impeachment inquiry has revealed how career diplomats were troubled by the ability of Fruman, Parnas, and Giuliani to help engineer a corrupt shadow foreign policy in Ukraine.

While Biden has reversed Trump's unlawful policy of excluding undocumented immigrants, there is still work to be done to ensure a fair census. 

This information could have provided the breadcrumbs to uncover Russian meddling on the platform a lot sooner.

Ok, not by himself. But Bill Whitford is the named plaintiff in one of this year's biggest Supreme Court cases: a challenge to partisan gerrymandering. We explore how the case got started, and...

Gerrymandering is an anti-democratic process that strips Democrats and Republicans of the ability to elect people who represent their communities. 

The U.S. Supreme Court, one of our nation's most powerful institutions, has zero infrastructure in place to investigate ethics violations - and that's a problem. If there are credible allegations...

To stop the explosion of secret election spending by wealthy special interests, the FEC must have a quorum to protect the integrity of our elections.

The false narrative of conservative targeting was used to justify restrictions on regulating 501(c)(4)s.

The case against the president would be far stronger than the case against John Edwards was.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will hear arguments in a challenge to North Carolina’s 2016 congressional map, which is one of the most egregious partisan gerrymanders in...

A fierce defender of voting rights and a titan of election law, Gerry served as the executive director of CLC from 2004-2018.

Washington, D.C. –Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the For the People Act, H.R.1, a critical step toward addressing the most pressing challenges facing our democracy. This is a...

On February 5, 2018, CLC filed a petition asking the Federal Election Commission to revise and amend regulations pertaining to the personal use of campaign funds as they apply to former candidates...

The Trump campaign and its committee violated the law by laundering nearly $170 million in campaign spending through Brad Parscale, Trump's former campaign manager. 

With the Supreme Court set to hear a potentially landmark-setting case on partisan gerrymandering next month, a poll released Monday shows that most Americans want the judicial branch’s input.