Legal Activities

Campaign finance and ethics laws exist to protect the interests of the American people in honest government. Legal actions are required to defend the constitutionality and integrity of campaign finance laws and to challenge improper actions by the president, White House officials, members of Congress, and outside groups. The laws and their proper enforcement prevent government corruption, protect the interests of the American people from influence-buying and selling, and to stop the misuse of public office for personal financial gain.

  • We defend campaign finance laws in the Supreme Court, in the lower federal courts and at the Federal Election Commission. We successfully defended in the Supreme Court the constitutionality of public financing of elections, campaign finance disclosure requirements and contribution limits on candidates and parties, the core campaign finance laws.
  • We file complaints and request investigations with the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission regarding violations of campaign finance laws
  • We file complaints and requests for investigations concerning executive branch and congressional ethics violations with the Office of Government Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics.
  • We challenge rule makings in the executive branch to undermine statutory responsibilities and propose new rules in the executive branch and at the Federal Election Commission to properly implement federal laws.

New In Just Security: The Untold Strength Of Tax Crimes In Manhattan DA’s Case Against Former President Trump

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Former Federal & GA Prosecutors File Brief Opposing Trump Motion To Quash GA Special Purpose Grand Jury Report, Suppress Evidence, & Recuse DA & Judge

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Former GOP Members Of Congress And Former Prosecutors, Government Attorneys, And Legal Experts File Amicus Brief Supporting Manhattan DA Bragg’s Motion For Injunctive Relief To Quash Subpoena In Case Brought Against Rep. Jim Jordan

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Unanimous Ruling By Court Of Appeals Halts Special Master In Mar-a-Lago Documents Case, Reaffirming Principle That No One Is Above The Law

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Democracy 21 Joins With Campaign Legal Center And Others In Filing Amicus Brief In Supreme Court Case Moore v. Harper

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Former Republican Officials, Including Top DOJ Officials And Former Federal Prosecutors, File Amicus Brief Supporting Government’s Appeal Of Special Master Ruling In Mar-a-Lago Documents Case

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Former Republican Officials, Including Top Federal Prosecutors And DOJ Officials, Support Government’s Request For A Partial Stay In Mar-a-Lago Documents Case; Amicus Brief Filed In DOJ’s Emergency Appeal

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Trump’s Request For A Special Master In Mar-a-Lago Case Is “Unprecedented” And “Manifestly Frivolous”, Former Republican Officials, Including Federal Prosecutors And DOJ Officials, Write In Amicus Brief Filed In Florida Case

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D21 Files 6th DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr, This Time for Appointing Former Trump Aide to Lead Criminal Investigation into Obama Administration ‘Unmasking’

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D21 Files Fifth DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Biased Actions on Behalf of President Trump

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D21 Files Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct

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D21 Files Complaint with DOJ IG Calling For An Investigation of AG Barr and His Role in the Ukraine Affair

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