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.
DATE FILED: August 28, 2026
OUR WORK
Free + Fair files major constitutional lawsuits to protect our democracy, our rights, and the rule of law. These high-impact cases ta
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.
DATE FILED: August 10, 2026
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.
DATE FILED: August 3, 2026
Protecting Free and Fair Elections
DSCC v. Trump // California v. Trump // League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump
A bipartisan group of former governors is urging federal courts to block President Trump’s executive order expanding presidential control over elections ahead of the midterms.
DATE FILED: June 18, 2026
STOPPING GENETIC SURVEILLANCE
Briggs v. Mullin
In the second Trump administration, federal agents are wrongfully arresting observers and protestors in historic numbers, collecting their DNA, and uploading their genetic profiles into government databases.
DATE FILED: May 6, 2026
FIGHTING EXECUTIVE OVERREACH
Mulé v. Nassau County
New York lawmakers are suing to dissolve the Nassau County Executive’s secretive, taxpayer-funded militia of armed civilians.
DATE FILED: February 4, 2025
Protecting the Democratic Process
Pitts v. United States
A bipartisan group of former senior Justice Department officials supported Fulton County’s challenge to the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election ballots.
DATE FILED: February 25, 2026
BEATING BOOK BANS
NWAIS v. Labrador
Idaho private schools, libraries, students, and parents challenged the most extreme book ban in the nation and the legislature was forced to roll it back.
DATE FILED: July 25, 2024
Fighting Political Prosecutions
United States v. James
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies asked a federal court to dismiss the politically motivated prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James.
DATE FILED: November 14, 2025
CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
United States v. Comey // United States v. Giraud // United States v. Ramirez
A bipartisan group of current and former members of Congress asked federal courts to resolve President Trump’s unlawful appointments of United States Attorneys in New Jersey, California, and Virginia.
DATE FILED: August 13, 2025
FIGHTING VOTER INTIMIDATION
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition v. DeSantis
A Nobel Peace Prize-nominated voting rights organization successfully sued Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials for voter intimidation and disenfranchisement.
DATE FILED: July 19, 2023
FIGHTING THE ABUSE OF MILITARY POWER
Illinois v. Trump // Newsom v. Trump // Oregon v. Trump
A bipartisan group of former governors fought President Trump’s unlawful domestic deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, Illinois, and Oregon.
DATE FILED: July 18, 2025 DECISION: December 23, 2025
DEFENDING STRONG GUN LAWS
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Superior
After Bruen, gun rights groups are suing local governments to strike down restrictions on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. We’re defending them.
DATE FILED: October 10, 2022
STOPPING THE “DOGE” DISMANTLING
American Federation of Government Employees v. Trump
Republican former government officials are helping to stop DOGE's unconstitutional assault on federal workers and agencies.
DATE FILED: May 8, 2025
PROTECTING THE ROLE OF CONGRESS
United States Institute for Peace v. Jackson
A bipartisan coalition of current and former members of Congress asked a federal court to halt the Trump administration’s unconstitutional destruction of the United States Institute for Peace.
DATE FILED: October 2, 2025
CHALLENGING SCHOOL CENSORSHIP
Tennessee Education Association v. Reynolds
Tennessee's largest teacher's organization and public school educators challenged an extreme ban on “Prohibited Concepts” in classrooms as unconstitutional.
DATE FILED: July 26, 2023
SAVING VOICE OF AMERICA
Widakuswara v. Lake
More than 50 former senior military and foreign policy leaders asked a federal appeals court to stop the unconstitutional dismantling of Voice of America.
DATE FILED: July 22, 2025
PROTECTING THE RULE OF LAW
U.S. v. Adams
Three former U.S. Attorneys ask the Court to protect the rule of law after the Department of Justice’s extraordinary request to dismiss the prosecution.
DATE FILED: February 17, 2025