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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 16h

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!

CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 16h

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!

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 16h

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!

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David H. Gans @davidhgans.bsky.social · 16h

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 Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 16h

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...

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 16h

“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 Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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

slate.com

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 16h

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...

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

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...

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David H. Gans @davidhgans.bsky.social · 1d

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.

slate.com

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Slate @slate.com · 1d

When the Roberts court examines the Constitution’s text and history, it has privileged white male voices. slate.trib.al/0Xv6D6v

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.

slate.trib.al

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

"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 Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again

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

slate.com

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

The First Amendment does not prevent states from protecting their residents from harmful treatments like "conversion therapy" by state-licensed professionals. Read our reaction to today's arguments at #SCOTUS: www.theusconstitution.org/news/cac-rel...

CAC Release: Colorado Banned Conversion Therapy Because It Is Harmful. That Conversion Therapy is Accomplished Through Speech Does Not Make Colorado’s Law Unconstitutional Under the First Amendment. |...

WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Chiles v. Salazar, a case in which the Supreme Court is considering whether Colorado can prohibit mental health profession...

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Chiles v. Salazar | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

“We’re in a period of conflict and struggle over our constitutional system, and this is a question not only for lawyers and the courts, but for everyone.” Read more from @davidhgans.bsky.social: the.ink/p/has-it-eve...

Has it ever been this bad before?

In "We the People," historian Jill Lepore explains the constitutional crisis before us

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

The Framers were deeply concerned with preventing actual and apparent corruption in government. Read our #SCOTUS amicus brief explaining why the Federal Election Campaign Act’s limits on coordinated spending by political parties are constitutional: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/n...

National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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

Paralegal and Research Associate | Constitutional Accountability Center

CAC is hiring for a Paralegal and Research Associate.

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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...

Legal Internship Summer 2026 | Constitutional Accountability Center

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

www.theusconstitution.org

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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

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...

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

Read our amicus brief in this case on behalf of an ideologically diverse group of scholars of constitutional and immigration law: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/d...

Doe v. Trump and New Jersey v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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."

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

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...

Chiles v. Salazar | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 2d

Today, #SCOTUS is considering whether a defendant’s right to counsel was violated when he was prohibited from discussing his own testimony with his attorney at a critical point in his trial. Read our brief explaining why his rights were violated: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/v...

Villarreal v. Texas | Constitutional Accountability Center

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 5d

Also on Oct. 15, 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

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CAC @myconstitution.bsky.social · 5d

And on October 15, 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...

Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center

www.theusconstitution.org

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