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13th Annual Home Stretch at the Supreme Court | Constitutional Accountability Center Our panel of distinguished experts will discuss some of the most significant cases from this Supreme Court Term and look ahead to major rulings and issues on the horizon. From battles over tariffs, bi...

Join us NEXT WEEK for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from @elizabethwydra.bsky.social and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term:

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April Newsletter: Privacy in the Era of Big Data | Constitutional Accountability Center The Framers of the Constitution were deeply concerned about unreasonable searches and seizures, shaped by their own experiences of intrusive searches against the Crown’s political opponents. Hundreds ...

The Constitutional Accountability Center is working to ensure that new technologies don’t evade and undermine our laws and our Constitution. Read more in our April newsletter: www.theusconstitution.org/news/april-n...

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The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Revolutionize Its Approach to the Law In the next few months, the Supreme Court will issue a spate of potentially landmark rulings on the meaning of the Reconstruction Amendments.

When #SCOTUS discusses the text and history of the Reconstruction Amendments, it generally omits the critical role Black Americans played in their liberation struggle and how their activism informed the Constitution. Read more from
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CAC Release: Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of FCC Enforcement Process | Constitutional Accountability Center WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T and Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission, a case in which the Court is c...

Corporations are trying to make it more difficult to hold them accountable when they break the law, and they're twisting the Seventh Amendment to do it. Read our full reaction to this morning's argument at #SCOTUS: www.theusconstitution.org/news/supreme...

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Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T and Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission | Constitutional Accountability Center

Major phone companies are challenging the FCC’s ability to hold them accountable for breaking the law. Before oral argument today, read our #SCOTUS amicus brief on why the FCC’s enforcement scheme is constitutional: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/f...

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Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T and Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission | Constitutional Accountability Center

Major phone companies are challenging the FCC’s ability to hold them accountable for breaking the law. Before oral argument tomorrow, read our #SCOTUS amicus brief on why the FCC’s enforcement scheme is constitutional: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/f...

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CAC Release: Court Considers Whether to Expand or Restrict Authority of Federal Courts to Collaterally Review State Court Judgments | Constitutional Accountability Center WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System, a case in which the Court is considering whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrin...

Reconstruction-era Congresses opened the federal courts for the vindication of federal rights. #SCOTUS should not allow lower federal courts to expand the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to close their doors. Read more from @mbeckercohen.bsky.social & Michelle Berger:

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CAC Release: Supreme Court Considers Whether Investor Harm Is a Prerequisite to an Award of Disgorgement in a Civil Action Brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission | Constitutional Accountabi... WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s oral argument at the Supreme Court in Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission, a case in which the Court is considering whether investor harm is a prerequisit...

Justice Jackson and Justice Kavanaugh both cited our brief on behalf of legal scholars explaining that disgorgement has never required proof of harm beyond the violation of a plaintiff’s legal rights: www.theusconstitution.org/news/cac-rel...

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T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System | Constitutional Accountability Center

The Rooker-Feldman doctrine shouldn’t be used to prevent people from seeking protection against unconstitutional orders of lower state courts. Before oral argument today, read our #SCOTUS brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/t...

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Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Constitutional Accountability Center

Stock fraudsters aren’t entitled to the profits of their crimes. Before oral argument today, read our brief to #SCOTUS on behalf of legal scholars: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...

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T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System | Constitutional Accountability Center

The Rooker-Feldman doctrine shouldn’t be used to prevent people from seeking protection against unconstitutional orders of lower state courts. Before oral argument on Monday, read our #SCOTUS brief: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/t...

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Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Constitutional Accountability Center

Stock fraudsters aren’t entitled to the profits of their crimes. Before oral argument on Monday, read our brief to #SCOTUS on behalf of legal scholars: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...

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Doctors Hope Justices Maintain Shield Against Med Mal Suits - Law360 Healthcare Authority A case headed to the U.S. Supreme Court next week could roll back a legal doctrine that physicians say is key to protecting them from frivolous medical malpractice suits filed by patients who've alrea...

Next week, #SCOTUS is hearing a case with major implications "for anyone who believes in the promise of the federal courts as a forum for the vindication of constitutional rights." Read more from CAC's Michelle Berger: www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

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Court to contemplate SEC’s use of disgorgement in securities enforcement Next week’s argument in Sripetch v SEC presents yet another chapter in the court’s sustained examination of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s use of certain remedies in its enforcement of […]

Our brief to #SCOTUS on behalf of legal scholars explains that stock fraudsters aren’t entitled to the profits of their crimes. Read more in @scotusblog.com: www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/just...

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David Gans on the History of the Reconstruction Amendments, and the Connection to Current Supreme Court Cases, including Callais #ELB Gans in Slate: In the next few months, the Supreme Court will issue a spate of potentially landmark rulings on the meaning of the Reconstruction Amendments. In Louisiana v. Callais, currently the earl...

@davidhgans.bsky.social's latest article in @slate.com discussing the Black Conventions after the Civil War was featured on the Election Law Blog. Read more: electionlawblog.org?p=155448

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Chatrie v. United States | Constitutional Accountability Center

By tracking our phones and user information, geofencing data can track our movements in chilling detail. Our amicus brief to #SCOTUS explains why geofence warrants are subject to the Fourth Amendment’s protections: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

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The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Revolutionize Its Approach to the Law In the next few months, the Supreme Court will issue a spate of potentially landmark rulings on the meaning of the Reconstruction Amendments.

When #SCOTUS discusses the text and history of the Reconstruction Amendments, it generally omits the critical role Black Americans played in their liberation struggle and how their activism informed the Constitution. Read more from @davidhgans.bsky.social:
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The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Revolutionize Its Approach to the Law In the next few months, the Supreme Court will issue a spate of potentially landmark rulings on the meaning of the Reconstruction Amendments.

The Supreme Court cannot do justice to the Reconstruction Amendments without reckoning with the Black Conventions. slate.trib.al/7LSQL1B

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Forgotten Framers: Black Conventions and the Second Founding This Article tells the forgotten story of the Black Conventions of the Reconstruction era, examining convenings of Black Americans across the nation during the

Interested in learning more about Black Conventions during Reconstruction? Check out my forthcoming @stanlrev.bsky.social article that argues that engaging with the Black Conventions is critical to a proper understanding of the Reconstruction Amendments: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Revolutionize Its Approach to the Law In the next few months, the Supreme Court will issue a spate of potentially landmark rulings on the meaning of the Reconstruction Amendments.

My latest @slate.com tells the story of the Black Convention movement during Reconstruction & how it shaped the Reconstruction Amendments. With three huge 14A cases awaiting decision, it's time to heed Justice Jackson's call for a more inclusive history. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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13th Annual Home Stretch at the Supreme Court | Constitutional Accountability Center Our panel of distinguished experts will discuss some of the most significant cases from this Supreme Court Term and look ahead to major rulings and issues on the horizon. From battles over tariffs, bi...

Register now for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from @elizabethwydra.bsky.social and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term: www.theusconstitution.org/events/13th-...

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CAC Release: Failing to Enforce Subpoena of Bondi is Failing the American People | Constitutional Accountability Center WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the unexplained cancellation of Pam Bondi’s scheduled deposition, Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) Vice President Praveen Fernandes issued the following react...

Allowing Pam Bondi to evade the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena threatens to send the message that powerful former officials and Trump allies are above the law. www.theusconstitution.org/news/cac-rel...

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Cisco Systems v. Doe | Constitutional Accountability Center

Our amicus brief to #SCOTUS explains that those who aid and abet torture are liable under the Torture Victim Protection Act. Read more: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

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Register now! On Thursday, April 30th at 1 p.m. ET ICAP's Kelsi Corkran will be featured as a panelist at @myconstitution.bsky.social's Home Stretch at the Supreme Court event in a discussion about the most significant cases of the SCOTUS term. RSVP: tinyurl.com/scvfmmut

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April Newsletter: Privacy in the Era of Big Data | Constitutional Accountability Center The Framers of the Constitution were deeply concerned about unreasonable searches and seizures, shaped by their own experiences of intrusive searches against the Crown’s political opponents. Hundreds of years later, privacy concerns are, if anything, even more relevant in a digital age. Can the police track your cell phone’s location when you’re at a protest […]

The Constitutional Accountability Center is working to ensure that new technologies don’t evade and undermine our laws and our Constitution. Read more in our April newsletter: www.theusconstitution.org/news/april-n...

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13th Annual Home Stretch at the Supreme Court | Constitutional Accountability Center Our panel of distinguished experts will discuss some of the most significant cases from this Supreme Court Term and look ahead to major rulings and issues on the horizon. From battles over tariffs, bi...

Very much looking forward to moderating this @myconstitution.bsky.social panel with these superstars at the end of this month. Sign up now! www.theusconstitution.org/events/13th-...

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13th Annual Home Stretch at the Supreme Court | Constitutional Accountability Center Our panel of distinguished experts will discuss some of the most significant cases from this Supreme Court Term and look ahead to major rulings and issues on the horizon. From battles over tariffs, bi...

Register now for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from @elizabethwydra.bsky.social and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term: www.theusconstitution.org/events/13th-...

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California v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center

Before oral argument in the First Circuit tomorrow, read our brief explaining why Trump's elections executive order is unconstitutional: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

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Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Constitutional Accountability Center

Stock fraudsters aren’t entitled to the profits of their crimes. Read our brief to #SCOTUS on behalf of legal scholars: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...

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