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The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

CAC’s @davidhgans.bsky.social explained why this should be an “open-and-shut case” in @slate.com: slate.com/news-and-pol...

The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

Today, #SCOTUS is hearing Louisiana v. Callais, a case with enormous implications for the Voting Rights Act. Read our brief explaining that the Constitution gives Congress broad enforcement power to prevent impairment of the right to vote. www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 6d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 7d

Next Wednesday, #SCOTUS is hearing a case with enormous implications for voting rights. More than 150 years after Black people fought to make America a multiracial democracy, does the Court still respect this fundamental aspect of our constitutional order? slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

Yes, Stephen Miller Said Trump Had 'Plenary Authority' In A CNN Interview

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 6d

Next week, #SCOTUS is hearing argument in three important cases in which CAC filed amicus briefs.

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller's claim about plenary power is "flat wrong." Read more from CAC's Brian Frazelle in @huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...

A bizarre moment during a cable news interview saw one of the president's closest advisers make a wild assertion.

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 6d

If the Trump administration wants to end lawlessness in the District of Columbia, it should start with its own actions. Read our amicus brief explaining why deploying armed soldiers to police DC was unlawful: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/d...

District of Columbia v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 7d

"The colonists sought not just territory, but unchallenged dominion. To achieve this, they needed to erase the legitimacy of Native governance and justify dispossession. It was precisely because Natives mirrored the colonists’ own ideals (autonomy, law, liberty) that they had to be cast as savages."

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 7d

New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

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Nina Henry @ninagrace.bsky.social · 7d

Today is your daily reminder that queer kids are absolutely perfect just the way they are. Pass it on.

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 9d

The First Amendment doesn't prevent states from being able to protect their residents from harmful "conversion therapy." Read more from CAC's Praveen Fernandes in @bloomberglaw.com: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Conversion Therapy Ban Case Tests Traditional State Police Power

A therapist’s challenge to Colorado’s ban on treatment the state says harms LGBTQ+ youths may seem like just the next battle in the culture wars, but the case presents the US Supreme Court with an opp...

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Reposted by Nina Henry

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 9d

Trump can’t unilaterally withhold federal funding from sanctuary jurisdictions. Read our brief explaining why courts should be able to review plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to the administration’s actions: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...

San Francisco v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 9d

"When the Roberts court examines the Constitution’s text and history, it has privileged white male voices. But if it wants to be faithful to constitutional text and history in Callais, it will have to broaden the lens." Read CAC's @davidhgans.bsky.social in @slate.com: slate.com/news-and-pol...

The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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David H. Gans @davidhgans.bsky.social · 8d

You can't understand the Reconstruction Amendments without grappling with the work of the Black conventions that eloquently spoke to the constitutional aspirations of Black Americans. Read my latest piece @slate.com on how Black Americans won the right to vote: slate.com/news-and-pol...

The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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Nina Henry @ninagrace.bsky.social · 9d

Super interesting and relevant scholarship from my brilliant colleague David on how Black voting rights advocates shaped our Constitution during Reconstruction:

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 9d

"When the Roberts court examines the Constitution’s text and history, it has privileged white male voices. But if it wants to be faithful to constitutional text and history in Callais, it will have to broaden the lens." Read CAC's @davidhgans.bsky.social in @slate.com: slate.com/news-and-pol...

The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

Chiles v. Salazar | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 9d

Today, #SCOTUS is considering whether Colorado can prohibit licensed mental health professionals from practicing harmful “conversion therapy” on young people. Read our brief explaining that states can protect their residents from such dangerous practices: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

Paralegal and Research Associate | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 10d

CAC is hiring! Join our work to realize the progressive promise of the Constitution as a Paralegal & Research Associate: www.theusconstitution.org/paralegal-an...

CAC is hiring for a Paralegal and Research Associate.

Legal Internship Summer 2026 | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 10d

CAC is hiring legal interns for Summer 2026! If you're a law student who's passionate about the progressive promise of our Constitution, apply to join our team: www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern...

CAC is accepting applications for the Summer 2026 10-week, sponsored legal internship.

Chiles v. Salazar | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 10d

Tomorrow, #SCOTUS is considering if Colorado can prohibit licensed mental health professionals from practicing harmful “conversion therapy” on young people. Read our brief explaining that states can protect their residents from such dangerous practices: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 10d

The First Circuit is right—some constitutional questions may be difficult, but the scope of the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship is not. www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...

"The analysis that follows is necessarily lengthy, as we
must address the parties' numerous arguments in each of the cases
involved. But the length of our analysis should not be mistaken
for a sign that the fundamental question that these cases raise
about the scope of birthright citizenship is a difficult one. It
is not, which may explain why it has been more than a century since
a branch of our government has made as concerted an effort as the
Executive Branch now makes to deny Americans their birthright."

RELEASE: Supreme Court Considers the Scope of a Defendant’s Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 10d

The Framers guaranteed in the Sixth Amendment that criminal defendants would have the right to the assistance of counsel. Read @anabuiles.bsky.social's full reaction to today's oral argument at #SCOTUS: www.theusconstitution.org/news/release...

WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Villarreal v. Texas, a case in which the Supreme Court is considering whether a defendant’s constitutional right to assist...