Legal Progress

Legal Progress is the legal policy program at the Center for American Progress. No matter the issue—health care, immigration, marriage equality, offshore oil drilling, privacy, ethics—the judiciary will continue to play an increasingly important role in the lives of hardworking Americans as well as in the success of the progressive legislative agenda. Through legal and policy analysis, communications and public education and convening key stakeholders, Legal Progress is helping to push the American legal system in a more progressive direction and educate the public about the impact of the courts on issues they care most about.

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Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Puts the Rights of Corporations over Individuals Report
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch meets with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 14, 2017. ((AP/Andrew Harnik))

Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Puts the Rights of Corporations over Individuals

Judge Neil Gorsuch has a record of ruling in favor of big business, and he joined the first federal court ruling that allowed a for-profit corporation to claim a right to exercise religion.

Billy Corriher

Unfairness in Class Action: A New Attack on Civil Rights Article
A courtroom sits empty on February 13, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Unfairness in Class Action: A New Attack on Civil Rights

Congress and the Trump administration do not just want to cut funding for civil legal aid. They are trying to make it more difficult for Americans to pursue justice altogether.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Our Courts Matter for the Muslim Community Article
A teenage boy from Yemen wipes his eyes as he walks with his father and his uncle after arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, February 5, 2017. ((AP/Alexander F. Yuan))

Our Courts Matter for the Muslim Community

The courts are a critical independent check on this unpredictable and dangerous administration’s attack on the Muslim community.

Anisha Singh, Billy Corriher

5 Things You Need to Know About Judge Gorsuch Video

5 Things You Need to Know About Judge Gorsuch

President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the currently vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are five things you need to know about Judge Gorsuch.

Andrew Satter, Aki Suzuki, Billy Corriher, 1 More Jake Faleschini

Deregulation Nation: Congress Wants to Let Corporations Take Charge Article
Visitors tour the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, November 15, 2016. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Deregulation Nation: Congress Wants to Let Corporations Take Charge

Congress is not only trying to remove vital federal regulations that protect Americans and their interests from big businesses, but also block agencies from making new ones.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Big-Money Courts Decide Fate of Local Fracking Rules Report

Big-Money Courts Decide Fate of Local Fracking Rules

As states battle with municipalities over fracking regulations, oil and gas companies are spending big to elect the courts and legislatures that define the scope of local authority.

Billy Corriher

Dirty Money, Dirty Water II Video

Dirty Money, Dirty Water II

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that municipalities cannot regulate fracking waste, but many of the justices who made this decision received large campaign contributions from fracking companies and fossil fuel interests.

Billy Corriher, Lauren Malkani

5 Things You Need to Know About Sen. Jeff Sessions Video

5 Things You Need to Know About Sen. Jeff Sessions

Here are five things that Americans need to know about attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions.

Andrew Satter, Billy Corriher, Jake Faleschini

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