States have worked hard to get ready. And it’s important to remember that there is no way for even the most sophisticated ...

Voters should expect recurring false election narratives to resurface in the coming months — and familiarize themselves with ...

This piece, the first in a three-part series, examines how the administration is operationalizing Trump’s directives, ...

These past two years have shown us who crumbles in the face of abusive power. So many federal judges have stood strong. Part ...

A federal District Court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts of a rule that would have operationalized President Trump’s March 31 ...

The Trump administration has expended significant resources trying to meddle in elections ahead of the midterms. This coordinated campaign includes attempts to limit who can vote, wrestle away states’ ...

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 ...

On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to end the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. After a year and a half of litigation, the Supreme ...

Federal court decisions against some Trump administration policies have led to calls from the president’s supporters to impeach judges, and in March 2025 President Trump himself said that a federal ...

Gowri Ramachandran is the director of elections and security in the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program. Her work focuses on election security, election administration, and combating ...

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court jumped into the states’ case. It issued an unsigned order holding that the states did not yet have legal standing to sue. In particular, it concluded the states had ...

Redistricting is the process, every ten years, in which states redraw their congressional and legislative district maps. This process occurs nationwide, ostensibly to better reflect the most recent ...