Court Cases
Davis v. Federal Election Commission
This case challenges a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) known as the Millionaire’s Amendment that raises the limits on contributions to congressional candidates if their opponent spends above a threshold amount of $350,000 of personal funds on his or her campaign.
– 08/13/08
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) Complaint
The Brennan Center works to ensure access to legal representation and enforcement of labor rights for workers in the United States on H2-B visas.
– 08/13/08
AOSI v. USAID
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
– 08/08/08
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning
Case challenging restrictions on third-party voter registration drives.
– 08/06/08
Caperton v. Massey
Justice Brent Benjamin of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia refused to recuse himself from the appeal of a $50 million jury verdict in this case, even though the CEO of the lead defendant spent $3 million supporting his campaign. Did Benjamin’s failure to recuse violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
– 08/04/08
Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri
The Center is defending a Qatari national detained as an “enemy combatant” in the United States. Mr. al-Marri has been imprisoned without trial and without due process since 2003. The case was heard en banc in the Fourth District Court on October 31, 2007. That court handed down its decision on July 15, 2008. A separate, ongoing case is challenging Mr. al-Marri’s conditions of confinement.
– Ongoing
Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
On July 10, 2008, the Brennan Center filed an amicus curiae (or friend of the court brief) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a group of former United States ambassadors and diplomats in the case of Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
– 07/10/08
Florida NAACP v. Browning
A lawsuit filled by the Brennan Center and other voting rights advocates challenging Florida’s requirement that the driver’s license or Social Security number on a registration form be verified before a voter can be registered to vote.
– 06/24/08
Rothgery v. Gillespie County, Texas
In this case, the Court holds that the right to counsel under the 6th Amendment exists when the charges are first presented against the defendant in a court of law, even if a prosecutor is not yet involved in that specific proceeding.
– 06/23/08