Project CIVICA joined Liberty Legal Foundation and other amici in filing an amici curiae (“friends of the court”) brief in John C. Eastman v. State Bar of California, No. 26-336. The brief asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Eastman’s challenge to California’s disbarment decision and establish clear standards governing attorney discipline for speech, legal advice, and constitutional advocacy.

The amici argue that lawyers must be able to represent unpopular clients, take difficult cases, and advance disputed legal arguments without fear that controversy or an unsuccessful argument alone will cost them their careers. The brief challenges the application of broad standards such as “moral turpitude” and an attorney’s duty to “support the Constitution” to political speech and disputed legal positions.

The filing does not ask the Court to endorse Eastman’s views on the 2020 election or every position attributed to him. It recognizes states’ authority to discipline attorneys for defined professional misconduct while arguing that controversial advocacy should not, without more, be treated as intentional misconduct.

For Project CIVICA, the issue reaches beyond one attorney. Citizens and organizations need independent legal representation to challenge government and defend their rights. The brief argues that threatening lawyers’ careers over controversial advocacy can discourage them from taking the cases where that representation is needed most.

Project CIVICA has submitted an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Board of Elections of the State of New York. The appeal concerns the federal government’s authority to obtain New York’s complete, unredacted voter-registration records for the enforcement of federal election law.

Drawing upon Project CIVICA’s independent research and experience examining New York’s voter-registration system, the brief explains why access to complete records is necessary for meaningful federal oversight. Without the complete voter file, including the information needed to accurately distinguish and evaluate individual records, federal authorities cannot fully assess compliance with voter-list maintenance, eligibility, accuracy, and reporting requirements.

The filing follows Project CIVICA’s publication of Open Doors: Unauthorized Entry of Non-Citizens onto New York’s Voter Rolls, an independent examination of voter-file records obtained from 14 New York counties.

Project CIVICA has released an independent analysis of voter-file records obtained from 14 New York counties, representing approximately 10 percent of the state. The review identified approximately 10,680 records containing non-citizen indicators.

The findings include 88 unique records with voting history across 12 of the 14 counties reviewed, including voting history as recently as 2024 and 2025. The analysis also found that 96.3 percent of records with a reported registration-source code were entered through DMVI.

The report raises serious questions about eligibility screening, voter-list accuracy, cancellation classifications, and the auditability of New York’s statewide voter-registration system. It recommends stronger safeguards to prevent ineligible applications from entering the voter rolls, accurate recording of rejection and cancellation reasons, and a transparent and auditable statewide system.