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  • California v. Ross

    The State of California has filed a lawsuit against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross challenging the Commerce Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. California argues that the Department’s decision violates the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act.
  • North Carolina State Conference of NAACP Branches v. Lewis

    On February 21, 2018, civil rights groups in North Carolina and several North Carolina residents filed a lawsuit challenging four state house districts redrawn in the 2017 remedial plan. The plaintiffs contend the mid-decade redistricting changes to the districts violates the state constitution.
    • Court Case
    • Policy Advocacy
    • November 2, 2018
  • Corman v. Torres

    Republican legislative leaders in the Pennsylvania state senate and eight Congressmen from Pennsylvania have filed a suit against state officials to block the use of a new congressional map put in place by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
    • Court Case
    • Policy Advocacy
    • December 6, 2018
  • Diamond v. Torres

    On November 9, a group of Democratic voters filed suit in federal court challenging Pennsylvania’s congressional map as a partisan gerrymander.
  • 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.
    • Court Case
    • Policy Advocacy
    • January 16, 2019
  • Agre v. Wolf

    A group of Pennsylvania citizens are challenging the state’s 2011 congressional map as a partisan gerrymander violating the Elections Clause and First and Fourteenth Amendments.
  • Brennan Center v. Department of State

    The Brennan Center filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act against the Department of State over records related to the president’s travel bans.
    • Court Case
    • Policy Advocacy
    • October 4, 2017