Members of Congress are allowed to trade stocks, and almost all of them own shares in public companies. Placing stricter rules on congressional stock trading is a key ethics reform that’s critical to ...
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 ...
Data on the current composition of the judiciary is crucial to understanding the scope of the problem, proposing effective solutions, and evaluating the success of reform measures. While the Federal ...
You’re read­ing Major Questions, Jesse Wegman’s news­­­­­­­­­let­ter on the Supreme Court — click here to receive it in your inbox twice a month. This coming weekend marks the 61st anniversary of ...
This was first published by The Hill. The race for Speaker of the House has made commentators wonder how the majority can govern the 118th Congress. The Republicans have only five more seats than the ...
You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The vote is the heart of democracy. Every two years, citizen organizations mobilize to ...
From Iran to Venezuela, the U.S. military is rolling out an “AI-first” approach to warfare. But the recent dispute between the Defense Department and artificial intelligence company Anthropic raises ...
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 ...
Public campaign financing is a reform on the march. Recognizing it as the most powerful response to the last decade’s explosion of big money in politics, state and local governments have enacted new ...
When North Carolina redrew its legislative and congressional districts 10 years ago, the Voting Rights Act required that it — along with other states with a history of racial discrimination — submit ...
Artificial intelligence didn’t disrupt the 2024 election, but the effects are likely to be greater in the future. The run-up to the 2024 election was marked by predictions that artificial intelligence ...
Conspiracy theories about the 2020 election may motivate some partisan observers to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2022 results. Partisan poll watchers have long played an important part in ...