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  • Judicial Watch, Inc. et al v. Dean C. Logan, et al

    The Brennan Center and co-counsel Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP requested permission from the Court to intervene on behalf of California Common Cause in a lawsuit accusing California state and the County of Los Angeles of not purging voters aggressively enough from the rolls.

  • U.S. v. Ackerman

    The Brennan Center, together with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Democracy & Technology, has filed an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to reverse a district court and hold that Walter Ackerman had a constitutionally protected expectation of privacy in his email account that was violated when it was accessed without a warrant.

  • Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution v. Sec’y of State

    On April 25, 2018, a ballot question committee and two individual voters filed suit in Michigan state court to block a ballot proposal that would establish an independent redistricting commission for drawing Michigan’s congressional and state legislative electoral maps.

  • NAACP v. United States Department of Commerce

    The NAACP, along with its two state branches, filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the Commerce Department to release documents about the preparations for the 2020 Census. This case was dismissed by the parties in February 2019.
    • Court Case
    • Policy Advocacy
    • February 11, 2019

  • Arab Am. Inst. v. Office of Mgmt. and Budget

    The Arab American Institute is suing the Office of Management and Budget for its failure to release documents relating to its decision not to include a combined race and ethnicity and a separate Middle Eastern or North African category on the 2020 Census.

  • San Jose v. Ross

    The City of San Jose and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Commerce claiming that the Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. This case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and produced the second trial victory on the citizenship question issue.

  • Kravitz v. United States Department of Commerce

    Maryland and Arizona residents are challenging the Department of Commerce’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The plaintiffs argue that the decision violates the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. The government appealed the decision and the case is now pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

  • NAACP v. Bureau of the Census

    The NAACP sued the Census Bureau. The suit contended that the Bureau’s inadequate preparations for the 2020 Census will lead to a dramatic undercount of communities of color and a violation of the government’s constitutional duty to conduct a full national headcount.