Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining ...

Since this report was released, a number of states have enacted laws prohibiting guns at election locations. An updated chart summarizing state prohibitions is here. Over the last 20 years, several ...

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The justices consider tossing a decades-old tool to fight racial discrimination when it comes to fair representation.

Not only is the term “insurrection” a wild exaggeration to describe the protests in Portland, but it’s also an obvious wink to the Insurrection Act. That law, last amended in the 1870s, gives ...

Michael Li is senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where his work focuses on redistricting, voting rights, and elections. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Li practiced law at ...

Since May, the Justice Department has sent demands to at least 39 states for copies of their statewide voter registration files. The Civil Rights Division is asking for troves of confidential voter ...

Analyzing the president’s use of military, police, and security services in the nation’s capital. At the same time, the president signaled that D.C. may be a testing ground for this strategy, to be ...

The Supreme Court’s so-called shadow docket for emergency motions has played an outsized role in legal challenges against the new Trump administration. On issues ranging from dismantling the ...

On the surface, the 2024 fight between Democrats and Republicans to control the House resulted in continuation of the status quo. In 2022, Republicans won a net of nine Democratic seats to gain a ...

The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways. In 2020, 2022, and 2024, our nation held federal elections. Despite the pandemic, threats of violence, denial of results, ...

States must step up to help election officials protect their staff, facilities, and voting systems. Election resiliency is about making sure that attacks and other disruptive incidents do not impede ...