Citizens United Foundation

03/23/2026

On the other side is the Trump administration, which was supported with amicus briefs from a group of Republican members of Congress, including San Diego-area Rep. Darrell Issa, as well as several conservative groups, such as Citizens United, the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund. Those groups view the case as a misguided attempt by unelected judges to harness Trump’s executive powers along the border.

“There’s been a pattern of judges trying to enjoin the Trump administration from implementing its immigration policies,” Michael Boos, the executive vice president and general counsel for Citizens United, said in an interview. “This is just one aspect of that campaign where judges are seeking to substitute their policy judgments for those of the president, and of course, that’s not the proper role of the judiciary.”

The Trump administration is asking the high court to overturn a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

03/19/2026

"Citizens United general counsel Michael Boos assailed the plan as a move “to gut free speech rights.”

“Attacks on the freedom of speech have become a top priority for Democrats ever since the Citizens United case was decided and will continue as long as the left is losing ground in the marketplace of ideas,” Boos said.

That’s a preview of the attack wave ready to greet the first state proposal across the finish line."

Organizers of a novel movement to banish political dark money using state authority over corporations are making strides toward putting their plan in front of voters for the first time in this year’s midterm elections.

12/15/2025

CU, CUF, TPC File Amicus Brief in Trump v. Carroll

In Trump v. Carroll, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC urge the Supreme Court to review the $5 million defamation verdict against President Trump for two reasons: (1) the evidentiary rulings of the trial court judge blatantly violated Trump’s due proc...

07/30/2025

CUF joins amicus brief in Bost v. Illinois Board of Elections. Learn more:

In Bost v. Illinois Board of Elections, Citizens United Foundation joined forces with other organizations urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which held that a congressman seeking re-election lacks standing to challenge a state law that ext...

12/13/2024

Today Citizens United Foundation mailed our second letter to Justice Clarence Thomas and 100 U.S. Senators along with more than 54,000 signatures from grassroots conservatives who support Justice Thomas and reject the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee's attempt to delegitimize SCOTUS.

06/24/2024

Arguments in U.S. District Court: Jack Smith’s Appointment as Special Counsel Is Unconstitutional

U.S. District Court judge heard arguments Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel is unconstitutional.

06/10/2024

“The judge has allotted 90 minutes for third-party lawyers representing nonprofit legal groups led and supported by past U.S. attorneys general, ex-elected officials including governors, and prominent law professors. Two groups will support Trump’s position that Smith has been investigating Trump as an unauthorized prosecutor. A third will argue U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland had the authority to name Smith to lead the classified documents probe.

The groups include the nonprofit conservative Landmark Legal Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri, which is being led in this instance by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, and Citizens United, another conservative group based in Washington that gained prominence for winning the U.S. Supreme Court decision that political spending is a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment.”

One year after a federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump for his alleged illegal possession of classified documents, trial dates have come and gone in favor of a slew of hearings …

06/03/2024

"Edwin Meese III and Michael Mukasey, the 75th and 81st attorneys general of the U.S., respectively, in the court filing in the Southern District of Florida's West Palm Beach Division want to orally argue in Trump's defense on June 21 as amici curiae 'to dismiss the indictment based on the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith.'

The pair are joined by law professors Steven Calabresi and Gary Lawson, both of whom co-founded The Federalist Society, in addition to public-interest organizations Citizens United and Citizens United Foundation."

Former Republican attorneys general want to participate in oral arguments in Trump's federal classified documents case.

05/07/2024

Thank you to Sean Hannity for asking about the constitutionality of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment last night, the argument of CUF’s amicus brief at SCOTUS.

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04/29/2024

Special Counsel Jack Smith Lacks Standing to Defend the D.C. Circuit's ruling on Presidential Immunity in the Supreme Court

Defendant standing must exist at all stages of any litigation and must be raised by the justices of the Supreme Court even if the litigants themselves fail to raise it

04/23/2024

"The unprecedented treatment of Navarro is a stunning double standard in comparison to former Obama administration officials Eric Holder and Lois Lerner, who were also held in contempt of Congress but were never prosecuted..." - David Bossie

U.S. v. Navarro has the potential to be a landmark case of “first impressions” involving unsettled questions ideal for Supreme Court review.

04/19/2024

CUF Joins Amicus Brief

“The truth is that there has been a massive national failure of enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, and under the government’s view, no state can act when the president stands down,” they argue.

Gun rights groups have come to the aid of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in urging a federal appeals court to let Texas defend the US-Mexico border through arrests and removals.