America's 250th Birthday
On July 4, 2026, our nation will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.
America's semiquincentennial in 2026 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to foster unity, celebrate our nation’s progress, and identify our goals for the next 250 years.
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- The U.S. Chamber Litigation Center has spent nearly 50 years fighting bureaucratic overreach through legal challenges to excessive regulations, congressional overdelegation, unaccountable independent agencies, and improper judicial deference to federal agencies.Explore how the right to a jury trial protects against unchecked government power and why the U.S. Chamber defends it for businesses today.The U.S. Chamber's Litigation Center has fought in courts across the country to ensure immigration policy—particularly for skilled workers—follows the law as written by Congress, not arbitrary executive action.Grounded in principles of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center defends the freedom to engage in global trade against unlawful government interference.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has spent decades fighting to keep federal agencies in check by ensuring that lawmaking power stays with Congress, where the Constitution places it, rather than being seized by unelected bureaucrats in the executive branch.The U.S. Chamber Litigation Center champions the constitutional principle that taxation requires democratic consent, fighting agency overreach and unlawful tax authority through landmark litigation.From the American Revolution to today, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center advances the idea that no government can lawfully impose its laws beyond its own borders.Rooted in the Declaration of Independence, the Litigation Center has long fought to protect Americans' fundamental right to political participation through free speech and legal advocacy.In this series, we take individual grievances from the Declaration and highlight the amicus briefs and regulatory lawsuits filed by the Chamber Litigation Center to advance that founding value.
