Thread by @MyConstitution

For those new to our work on how the original meaning of the Constitution (including its Amendments), as well as the proper reading of statutory text, lead to progressive results, a thread looking at briefs we @MyConstitution have filed in major #SCOTUS cases over the years...1/x

We have been a leading progressive legal voice across matters facing #SCOTUS since 2008, on issues including defense of #abortion rights, marriage equality, #ACA, affirmative action, right to vote, environmental protection, against #QualifiedImmunity, and more.

For example: 2/x

In defense of #abortion rights, read our brief in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt: theusconstitution.org/litigation/who… 3/x

In defense of the Affordable Care Act, read our briefs in

NFIB v. Sebelius: theusconstitution.org/litigation/flo…

King v. Burwell: theusconstitution.org/litigation/kin…

#ACA 4/x

In defense of #votingrights, read our brief defending Section 5 of the #VotingRightsAct in Shelby County v. Holder: theusconstitution.org/litigation/she… 5/x

In defense of #MarriageEquality, read our briefs in

Obergefell v. Hodges: theusconstitution.org/litigation/obe…

U.S. v. Windsor: theusconstitution.org/litigation/uni…

Hollingsworth v. Perry: theusconstitution.org/litigation/hol… 6/x

In defense of environmental protection, read our briefs in

EPA v. EME Homer: theusconstitution.org/litigation/epa…

County of Maui v. Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund: theusconstitution.org/litigation/cou… 7/x

In our advocacy against #QualifiedImmunity for law enforcement, read our briefs in:

Taylor v. Riojas, et al.: theusconstitution.org/litigation/tay…

Jessop v. City of Fresno: theusconstitution.org/litigation/mic… 8/x

To see even more of the range of our litigation work on behalf of the Constitution's text, history and values, as well as the text and purpose of statutes -- led by @ElizabethWydra and @BrianneGorod -- visit our website here: theusconstitution.org/litigation/ 9/9