Court Case

Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, et al. is a First Amendment challenge to a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) that limits how much a candidate can raise after an election to recoup loans they have made to their own campaign. The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in support of the law’s constitutionality.

The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in a case challenging warrantless, targeted video surveillance of a home for eighteen months.

The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief urging the Tenth Circuit to recognize Americans’ privacy interests in their international communications.

The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of neither party detailing best practices for consideration of recusal motions and arguing that the legal community’s thinking has evolved to understand that independent review of recusal motions is essential.

The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to recognize a First Amendment right of public access to decisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

The Brennan Center filed amicus briefs urging the Fourth Circuit and the Supreme Court to preserve judicial review in civil cases challenging the National Security Agency’s “upstream” surveillance program.

The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve judicial review in civil cases alleging unlawful foreign intelligence surveillance.

The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed suit in the Supreme Court of Ohio on behalf of several community groups and Ohio voters challenging the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s extreme partisan gerrymander of the state’s legislative maps. We also intervened in a federal lawsuit where right-wing activists asked the court to disregard the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling.

The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit challenging an omnibus voter suppression law enacted in Texas in 2021, Senate Bill 1. We represent voters, election workers, community groups, civil rights and voting organizations, and faith-based groups.

Colorado Union of Taxpayers, Inc. v. Jena Griswold, et al. is a suit that challenges a campaign finance disclosure law in the state of Colorado.