In March 2025, two members of the DOGE team communicated with a political advocacy group that was seeking to “find evidence ...

Federal legal precedent permits such prosecutions in limited circumstances, but the bar remains high. State and local law enforcement in Minnesota have said they are investigating federal agents’ ...

Research shows that in a city of 100,000, each new nonprofit community organization lead to a 1.2 percent drop in the homicide rate, a 1 percent reduction in the violent crime rate, and a 0.7 percent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Donald Trump and his enablers have spread the lie of voter fraud repeatedly — undermining our democracy. We must stand up to the lies and protect the right to vote for all Americans.

Summary: Long waits at polling places are disruptive, disenfranchising, and all too common. Black and Latino voters are especially likely to endure them. The pictures of Milwaukeeans waiting in line ...

Summary: Contrary to widespread mythology about the right to keep and bear arms, private militias are not authorized under federal or state law, are not protected by the Second Amendment, and are ...

Election deniers are abusing voter roll procedures, using false claims of widespread fraud to contest people’s eligibility to be on the rolls or cast a ballot. Since 2020, mass voter challenges have ...

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 ...