Court Cases
American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock
The Brennan Center and other amici defended Montana's ban on corporate independent expenditures, arguing that the State presented a factual record of the corrupting influence of corporate spending in Montana elections.
– 05/04/12
South Carolina v. Holder
The preclearance case related to the South Carolina photo ID law.
– 03/27/12
Latif v. Obama (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of former intelligence professionals and scholars of evidence and criminal procedure, urging the Supreme Court to hear the case of Latif v. Obama.
– 03/22/12
Center for Individual Freedom v. Natalie Tennant
The Brennan Center and other amici and its pro bono partner in defending provisions of West Virginia's disclosure law, arguing that the law is well within the mainstream among states that have adopted similar laws; laws which have been upheld repeatedly by the federal courts.
– 12/29/11
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning
The Brennan Center is working with nonpartisan voter registration groups in Florida to mount a constitutional challenge against Florida’s onerous new restrictions on community-based voter registration drives.
– 12/15/11
United States v. Jones
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief arguing that the prolonged, warrantless use of GPS tracking devices to monitor a suspect's behavior is unconstitutional.
– 10/03/11
DeWolfe v. Richmond (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center participated as a friend of the court in an important right to counsel case pending before Maryland’s highest court, which will determine how early in a criminal case counsel must be provided to a low-income person facing criminal charges.
– 09/21/11
State Of Florida v. United States of America
On May 19th, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed Florida’s House Bill 1355, a mammoth 158-page omnibus bill, which includes language that restricts the opportunity and ability of citizens and grassroots organizations to conduct voter registration drives by imposing burdensome and wholly unnecessary regulations and red tape, reduces the number of days in the state’s early voting period, and potentially reduce the total of early voting hours, and, makes it impossible for registered voters who have recently moved between Florida counties to provide notice of their change of address on election day and still cast a regular ballot.
– 09/12/11
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. v. Swanson
After an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld Minnesota's disclosure laws and ban on corporate contributions, the Eighth Circuit granted petitioners' request for an en banc review, vacating the panel's prior ruling.
– 07/12/11