Presidents must follow court orders. Ever since the Civil War, they have, often unhappily. Whatever debates there might be ...

This is adapted from a piece that first appeared on Election Law Blog.

The president moved to fire the Democratic chair of the Federal Election Commission, opening the door to weaponizing the ...

The matching program’s inaugural run expanded legislative candidates’ reliance on small donors from within their districts.

The Dangerous Sweep of Trump’s Plan to Designate Cartels as Terrorist Organizations ...

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You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter — receive it in your inbox. “In America,” Thomas Paine wrote at the founding, “the law is king.” Amid today’s ...

Stephen Spaulding is senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Judiciary Program, where he works to realize a fair and inclusive judiciary system that protects fundamental rights, democratic values, and ...

Nos ha sorprendido y horrorizado la manera en que el presidente y el hombre más rico del mundo han atacado gran parte del gobierno. Ignoren los titulares mediáticos que reportan que estas movidas ...

Trump’s empowerment of far-right militancy during his first term resulted in deadly violence across the country, from ...