Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

Read more from David in @slate.com about his powerful new research on Black Americans’ advocacy for voting rights, and what it reveals about the Constitution: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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

A conversation with legal expert David Gans, focusing on voting rights and redistricting.

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

CAC’s @davidhgans.bsky.social explained what’s at stake at the Court: circumscription.fireside.fm/5

Drawn Out

circumscription.fireside.fm

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

The Voting Rights Act is in the crosshairs at the Supreme Court. Before #SCOTUS hears argument on Wednesday, read our amicus brief explaining how the Constitution gives Congress broad enforcement power to prevent impairment of the right to vote. www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...

Another Summer Building the Next Generation of Constitutional Progressives | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

Check out these reflections from last summer's legal interns on the CAC blog: www.theusconstitution.org/blog/another...

Grace Parker CAC provided exactly what I was looking for in a 1L summer internship: substantive legal research on meaningful issues, significant writing experience, and great relationships. Working at...

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Accepting applications: Summer 2026 Legal Internship. Apply to join the CAC team today!

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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! Paralegal and Research Associate: Apply to join the CAC team today!

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now: www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...

Accepting applications: Sponsored Legal Fellowship 2026-2027. Apply to join the CAC team today!

District of Columbia v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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.

www.huffpost.com

2 1

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

The Voting Rights Act is in the crosshairs at #SCOTUS next week. Read more from @davidhgans.bsky.social in @politicalwire.com:
politicalwire.com/2025/10/08/r...

Republicans Could Draw 19 More House Seats

"Democratic voting rights groups are preparing for a nightmare scenario if the Supreme Court guts a key part of the landmark civil rights-era legislation, the Voting Rights Act — a very real possibili...

politicalwire.com

2 1

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

Also on Wednesday, the Court is considering whether police may enter homes w/o warrants based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring. Read our brief explaining why allowing such entries would be at odds w/ the 4A’s text & history: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...

Case v. Montana | Constitutional Accountability Center

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

On Wednesday, the Court 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...

Ellingburg v. United States | Constitutional Accountability Center

1 1 1

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

On Tuesday, the Court is considering whether the Constitution’s prohibition on retroactively making a punishment more severe applies to the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act. Read our brief explaining why it does: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/e...

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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

1 2 1

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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

1 2 3

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 3d

CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now: www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 3d

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 @myconstitution.bsky.social · 3d

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

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

Reposted by CAC

David H. Gans @davidhgans.bsky.social · 3d

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.

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

3

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 3d

Next Wednesday, the Court is hearing 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...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 3d

“Black Americans were the central movers in the campaign to make the United States a multiracial democracy.” Ahead of #SCOTUS oral argument in an important voting rights case next week, read @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.

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Strike Down Ban on Anti-LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 3d

The First Amendment doesn't prohibit states from banning harmful "conversion therapy." Read more from CAC in New Civil Rights Movement: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/10/supr...

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to strike down a Colorado ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors — a practice that purports to alter the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ pe...

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Reposted by CAC

David H. Gans @davidhgans.bsky.social · 4d

My latest @slate.com on how Black Americans won the fight to make the our nation a multiracial democracy and how race-consciousness lies at the core of the 15th Amendment. The attack on the VRA in Callais is deeply inconsistent with the Constitution's text and history: 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.