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  • Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee v. Gill

    The Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee is challenging Wisconsin’s 2011 state assembly district plan as a partisan gerrymander in violation of the Assembly Democrats’ associational rights under the First Amendment.

    January 30, 2019
    Redistricting

  • League of Women Voters of Texas, Texas NAACP, Ruthann Geer v. Rolando Pablos, et. al.

    The groups and a private plaintiff argue that the Texas Secretary of State would break state law if he hands over personal information about voters to the president’s “Election Integrity” Commission without meeting certain conditions.

    January 25, 2019
    Voting Rights & Elections
    Disbanded: Trump’s “Voter Fraud” Commission

  • Common Cause Georgia v. Brad Raffensperger

    The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of Common Cause Georgia (CCGA), seeking to protect Georgia citizens' fundamental right to vote from malfeasance or tampering with Georgia's voter registration database. CCGA has asked the Court to enter an injunction ensuring that all provisional ballots cast by eligible voters are counted.

    January 25, 2019
    Voting Rights & Elections

  • New York Immigration Coal. v. United States Dep't of Commerce

    The New York Immigration Coalition is leading a coalition of groups in a challenge to the Commerce Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The plaintiffs argue that the Department’s decision violates the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedures Act. This case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and produced the first trial victory on the citizenship question issue.

    January 17, 2019
    2020 CENSUS

  • Thompson v. Crittenden

    On October 3, 2017, eleven Democratic voters filed a suit alleging Georgia’s 2015 mid-decade state house plan violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs also allege that two of the house districts are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.

    January 16, 2019
    Redistricting

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