The Supreme Court has helped create an electoral system in which competition is scarce, money is dominant, and voting ...

On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a devastating decision, Shelby County v. Holder, which dealt a significant blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court struck down the law’s ...

From speaking in defense of judges to advocating for greater judicial security funding, lawyers and legal organizations can ...

This critical 2026 midterm election may be decided by dark money, big money, tech money. Above all, secret money. The money ...

Threat reports from tech firms and independent monitors offer a glimpse of how foreign adversaries are changing tactics.

Voter participation in federal elections from 2012 to 2022 averaged 11 percentage points less on tribal lands than in other parts of the states we studied. Turnout is lowest on tribal lands with the ...

Reforms to focus DHS’s work and guard against overreach depend on strengthened internal oversight offices. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created hastily as part of the sweeping U.S.

This was originally published by the Washington Post. For the past 30 years, the Democratic presidential candidate who received the most primary support from black voters won the party’s nomination.

When Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders take the stage Thursday night in Brooklyn, the debate moderators will almost certainly ask them about a 22-year-old crime law. The issue is back in the news ...

The 2020 election wasn’t just historic for its turnout — it also cost an arm and a leg. In fact, it was the most expensive federal election on record. Yet apparently the Trump campaign is in a hole.

The immunity decision has enormous implications for Trump’s trial — and the future of the presidency. You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your ...

The Senate filibuster has effectively set a 60-vote supermajority threshold for passing many types of legislation through the Senate. Traditionally, the Senate filibuster was reserved for only the ...