Anna Jessurun
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Anna Jessurun
@ajessurun.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit has held that Trump's birthright citizenship executive order is unconstitutional and upheld a universal preliminary injunction blocking it. Read the amicus brief we filed on the history of the Citizenship Clause: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...
State of Washington v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
www.theusconstitution.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The #SCOTUS conservative supermajority just created extra hurdles for plaintiffs challenging unconstitutional actions. Read more from @ajessurun.bsky.social in @courthousenews.bsky.social: www.courthousenews.com/with-univers...
With universal injunctions out of style, class actions are already trending
As one door closes, another opens: Litigants are quickly adapting to the Supreme Court’s ruling nixing nationwide pause on executive policies.
www.courthousenews.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I've had an absolutely wonderful experience as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at CAC for the past two years -- if you're interested in working on very cool appellate litigation with a team of brilliant attorneys, you should apply!
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...
June 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Trump's claims about birthright citizenship are false. Read more about the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship from CAC's @ajessurun.bsky.social in @uninoticias.bsky.social: www.univision.com/noticias/ciu...
www.univision.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Some constitutional questions are complicated, but birthright citizenship isn’t. The Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause guarantees birthright citizenship to virtually all persons born in the United States, regardless of their parents' immigration status. 🧵
April 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship is clear, and Trump’s birthright citizenship order is plainly unconstitutional. Read our brief on behalf of an ideologically diverse group of legal scholars. www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...
State of Washington v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
www.theusconstitution.org
April 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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An alarming question from Justice Neil Gorsuch reveals that the Voting Rights Act’s days may be numbered.
The Supreme Court Just Put the Voting Rights Act in Its Crosshairs Again
Chief Justice John Roberts couldn't conceal his contempt for a map that gave fair representation to Black Louisianians.
slate.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Wrote up some thoughts on the #SCOTUS oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais yesterday in @slate.com:
"All in all, at Monday’s oral argument, the court’s conservative majority displayed its disdain for the VRA and highlighted several ways in which it could make litigating Section 2 cases more difficult for voters of color." Read more from CAC's @ajessurun.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Just Put the Voting Rights Act in Its Crosshairs Again
Chief Justice John Roberts couldn't conceal his contempt for a map that gave fair representation to Black Louisianians.
slate.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Anna Jessurun
"The Supreme Court should not take from states the broad leeway they currently have to draw maps that remedy Voting Rights Act violations." Read @davidhgans.bsky.social's reaction to this morning's oral argument at #SCOTUS:
www.theusconstitution.org/news/release...
RELEASE: Supreme Court Hears Challenge to State Efforts to Remedy Voting Rights Act Violation | Constitutional Accountability Center
WASHINGTON, DC – Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Louisiana v. Callais, a case in which the Supreme Court is considering whether to reverse a district court decision that h...
www.theusconstitution.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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As CAC's @ajessurun.bsky.social explained in the Arizona Daily Star, immaterial errors shouldn't cost you the right to vote.
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Arizona opinion: Minor paperwork errors shouldn’t cost anyone the right to vote
As this year’s elections draw closer, courts should reject efforts by state officials, in Arizona and elsewhere, to undermine voting rights enshrined by the Fifteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights
tucson.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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CAC WIN: the Ninth Circuit just struck down Arizona’s restrictions on voter registration. Read our brief explaining why Arizona can't disenfranchise voters over immaterial requirements: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/m...
Mi Familia Vota v. Petersen | Constitutional Accountability Center
www.theusconstitution.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM