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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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

Making Justice Equal Report

Making Justice Equal

Promoting equal, meaningful access to legal representation in the U.S. justice system is critical to ending poverty, combating discrimination, and creating opportunity.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Redistricting and Representation Report

Redistricting and Representation

Manipulated election maps undermine the basic tenets of healthy democracy, including fair representation and government accountability. Redistricting procedures should be reformed to ensure a system of representative politics.

Liz Kennedy, Billy Corriher, Danielle Root

This Election Day, Americans Cannot Afford to Take a Seat Article
Voters fill out their ballots at the Hamilton County Board of Elections as early voting begins statewide, Wednesday, October 12, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (AP/John Minchillo)

This Election Day, Americans Cannot Afford to Take a Seat

Divisive rhetoric harms many diverse groups—including women, Muslims, and those perceived to be Muslim—and Americans must use their vote to speak up.

Anisha Singh

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