IT HAPPENED HERE:
AUTHORITARIANISM
IS ASCENDANT IN AMERICA.
The courts are the battleground. Constitutional litigation is one of the last guardrails preventing an irreversible, autocratic slide.
IT HAPPENED HERE:
WE LEAD HIGH-IMPACT CASES TO PROTECT
THE RULE OF LAW.
Free + Fair is designed for this moment. We look in all 50 states for the best opportunities to create strong legal precedents that protect our democracy and rights. Then we build the cases and provide senior leadership from inception through appeals up to the Supreme Court.
Our Work
VIEW ALLRULE OF LAWAMICUS
DEFENDING THE COURTS
In re DONALD J. TRUMP
Former senior Justice Department officials urged a federal judge to keep investigating whether the Trump D.O.J. violated a court order while carrying out deportations.
DEFENDING THE COURTS
BANSONGOING
PROTECTING STRONG GUN LAWS
United States v. Denver
Trump’s Justice Department is misusing a federal civil rights statute to try to invalidate strong gun laws across the nation. On behalf of the City of Denver and other places that regulate assault weapons, we’re fighting back.
PROTECTING STRONG GUN LAWS
RULE OF LAWAMICUS
FIGHTING F.B.I. RETRIBUTION
Doe v. Patel // Garman v. Patel
Former senior Justice Department officials are helping to challenge the politically motivated firings of FBI agents.
FIGHTING F.B.I. RETRIBUTION