In Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court put partisan gerrymandering claims brought under the U.S. Constitution squarely beyond the reach of federal courts. Since the Court’s ruling in 2019, voters ...

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 ...

It turns out that all the government really needs is cash and a data broker. Government agencies — as several publications have reported — have discovered ways around what seemed to be robust ...

The Treasury Department’s inspector general recently issued a report warning that the IRS’s purchase of GPS location data may be unconstitutional in light of a landmark 2018 Supreme Court decision ...

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 ...

Congress surrendered its most powerful check over the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month when it added $70 billion for immigration enforcement to the agency’s already massive budget.

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 ...

With legislative and congressional districts redrawn every 10 years, political parties have often produced maps that entrench majority control. While this dynamic has long pervaded American politics, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Starting after the 2010 election, legislators in nearly half the states passed a wave of laws making it harder to vote. These new restrictions ranged from cuts to early voting to burdens on voter ...