Common Cause, Amicus Curiae
Common Cause is a government watchdog and reform organization with more than 1.5 million members and local organizations in 23 states. The following is excerpted from the Amici Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2025. This is, perhaps, the worst time in our nation’s history for this court to consider rolling back the powers of the federal courts. The current administration is issuing an unprecedented stream of executive orders, many plainly or probably illegal. It is attacking in vitriolic and extreme language the brave federal judges who have carefully considered challenges to…