The M.S. St. Louis set sail in 1939 from Germany carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. The plan was for the ship’s passengers to disembark in Cuba and then await entry into the United States, but the Cuban government revoked the passengers’ landing permits. Even as the ship sailed just off the […]
Organizers of a novel movement to banish political dark money using state authority over corporations are making strides toward putting their plan in front of voters for the first time in this year’s midterm elections. Supporters in 23 states are working to advance campaign finance limits rooted in a foundational but overlooked fact of corporate […]
On Tuesday, February 17, Citizens United, joined by Citizens United Foundation, The Presidential Coalition and others, filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court In Watson v. Republican National Committee urging the Court to affirm a 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a Mississippi law that extends the time for receiving […]
In Trump v. Carroll, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC urge the Supreme Court to review the $5 million defamation verdict against President Trump for two reasons: (1) the evidentiary rulings of the trial court judge blatantly violated Trump’s due process rights causing the trial to resemble a Court of Star Chamber […]
In Bost v. Illinois Board of Elections, Citizens United Foundation joined forces with other organizations urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which held that a congressman seeking re-election lacks standing to challenge a state law that extends the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots for two […]
Today Citizens United Foundation submitted our second letter of support to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which is posted below. On November 9, 2023, Citizens United Foundation submitted the first letter, which is posted below.
It’s been a year since former President Donald Trump was indicted on charges of mishandling classified U.S. government documents and attempting to block its efforts to retrieve them. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has postponed a trial she had set for May 20 indefinitely, citing a broad spectrum of legal issues to be resolved. In three […]
In a court filing on Monday, former United States attorneys general said they want to participate in oral arguments urging for a dismissal of the classified document charges against former President Donald Trump. Edwin Meese III and Michael Mukasey, the 75th and 81st attorneys general of the U.S., respectively, in the court filing in the […]
