While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so. Only weeks after federal immigration raids set off chaos in ...
During the 2021 redistricting cycle, self-interested politicians continuously gerrymandered voting districts despite attempts by the Ohio Supreme Court to help implement fair maps. The current ...
Congress surrendered its most powerful check over the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month when it added $70 billion for immigration enforcement to the agency’s already massive budget.
The Treasury Department’s inspector general recently issued a report warning that the IRS’s purchase of GPS location data may be unconstitutional in light of a landmark 2018 Supreme Court decision ...
You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it every week in your inbox. In January 2010, just days after the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United ...
The federal government’s SAVE tool is prone to error, and its misuse risks disenfranchising Americans and eroding trust in elections. This year, observers should be wary of voter fraud claims made by ...
The following is adapted from a Brennan Center resource on social media monitoring by the U.S. government. Social media has become a significant source of information for U.S. law enforcement and ...
The National Guard plays a crucial role in the United States, both in its capacity as a reserve component of the armed forces and as a versatile asset that state governors can call on in times of ...
This was originally published by CQ Researcher. The ruling in Trump v. United States is an affront to democracy and the rule of law, forfeiting critical checks on executive power. It undermines ...
A Survey of Americans’ Possession of Documentary Proof of Citizenship and Photo Identification A recent national survey sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law reveals that ...
As a new decade begins, it’s hard to believe just how different our campaign finance system looks now compared with the beginning of the last decade. One key difference: ten years ago, there was no ...
Starting after the 2010 election, legislators in nearly half the states passed a wave of laws making it harder to vote. These new restrictions ranged from cuts to early voting to burdens on voter ...
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