President Trump’s efforts to ramp up deportations have brought the immigration system into sharper focus. His administration is pushing for mass deportations, pressuring states to assist in ...

A new executive order says that the government will only buy artificial intelligence models that are neutral and nonpartisan, but in reality, the policy would require technology companies to conform ...

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision sparked an explosion of big money in American politics. This Court has shown no interest in revisiting this decision, but a strategy that helped ...

Election officials are increasingly encountering requests for access to sensitive voter data and election equipment. These requests come from a range of sources, including private actors, legislative ...

As the 2024 presidential race heats up, attention is once again focused on the perennial problem of campaign finance rules not being enforced. This is likely to be a topic of discussion this Wednesday ...

Trump’s supporters floated several ideas for how he could have tried to hold on to power after losing the election, none of them workable. Biden supporters for the most part refused to be distracted ...

Local election officials are concerned about the loss of federal support for election security and hope state and local governments will step in to fill the void. The rollback of federal support for ...

States have numerous safeguards against attempts at interference. Certification, the statutory process by which officials sign off on the completion of election results, has historically been an ...

This piece first appeared at Just Security. As Congress prepares to vote in April on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”), one of the main points of ...

President Trump’s “massive and ongoing operation” against Iran violates the Constitution and our nation’s founding principles. The president acted unilaterally and lawlessly — without congressional ...

There’s a lot to unpack in the bombshell announcement by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) last week that the CIA has been conducting a bulk collection program and searching through ...

A state’s judicial selection system can affect who ultimately becomes a judge, as well as the pressures judges face while serving. States have adopted a wide variety of systems. Common state judicial ...