Compared to other democracies, the United States is an outlier in granting life tenure to justices, producing diminishing ...

On Sunday, conservative activist Tom Fitton proclaimed on Truth Social that Trump “will declare a national emergency and will ...

In many states, such as Alaska, Arizona, Michigan, and Montana, Native voters are a significant voter bloc large enough to ...

The President’s Power to Call Out the National Guard Is Not a Blank Check The use of unfederalized troops for domestic ...

Lawmakers asked voters to surrender some of their power to place issues directly on state ballots. Voters refused.

Changing the experience of incarceration to one that is more constructive and humane is part of a new, dignity-first approach ...

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The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, yet nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. Mass incarceration has crushing consequences — racial, economic, social — and it doesn’t ...

Only a small number of congressional races are considered toss-ups going into November. Most are in districts drawn by independent commissions or courts. Control of the House is again up for grabs in ...

Eliza Sweren-Becker serves as senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. She litigates voting rights cases, counsels lawmakers and administrators on voting legislation ...

Groups affiliated with congressional party leadership are taking more money than ever from secretive donors and spending it on the most competitive races. Is dark money — spending by groups that hide ...