Predictable turnover on the high court would improve its stability and accountability, and the justices would still be safe ...

What if political parties are a big part of the answer? I know, I know. You have mixed feelings about parties. So did James ...

An overburdened, underresourced, and gridlocked Congress has contributed to executive abuse, Supreme Court overreach, and public discontent. American public institutions urgently need repair and ...

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 ...

Scholars, retired judges, and others offer insights about a popular proposed Supreme Court reform. This essay series offers perspectives and insights from historians, political scientists, retired ...

With a strong bipartisan vote, lawmakers have agreed to a create a fairer process for drawing the state’s election maps. Virginia lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a proposal on Saturday to create a ...

The drop-off in participation by Black men under 50 highlights how elections increasingly reflect white voices over voices of color. To fully explore these dynamics, we’ll need to wait until the ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. I’ve written that corruption is the sleeper issue of 2026. Well, it’s awake. And the issue may ...

The U.S. incarceration system is broken. Prisons are largely unable to address the underlying circumstances that can lead to crime, such as mental illness and lack of housing or education. They are ...

A new Brennan Center survey finds that large majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents share deep-seated concerns about government corruption, which most voters define broadly and blame ...

With a population that is more than 95 percent Hispanic, the city of Laredo, Texas, has one of the highest proportions of Latino residents in the United States. Another statistic, one that’s not so ...

Lauren-Brooke Eisen is the senior director and Ram Subramanian is the managing director of the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. They describe a new initiative to fundamentally change the experience ...