The Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, removing a critical tool to combat racial discrimination in voting. See all of the Center's recent resources on the VRA and ideas on how to move forward after the Court's decision.
The Brennan Center has issued fact sheets, op-eds, blog posts, and proposals highlighting the need for oversight of our nation's largest police force. This page is a compilation of this work.
We all have a stake in this democracy and in promises being kept. When Americans can no longer depend on our laws and courts to offer protection against disparate treatment and inequality, we are all burdened by that loss.
The Voting Rights Act has been America’s most effective tool to eradicate racial discrimination in voting. Today, a sharply divided Supreme Court has thrown the future of this critical tool in limbo by striking down a key provision. It’s now up to Congress to revive the act.
Supporters of the Voting Rights Act are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst as the days count down to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. See the Brennan Center's research on what to expect.
Restrictive voter registration laws — like the one the Supreme Court struck down this week in Arizona — should remind us that America needs to modernize voting. It is clearly time to replace the paper system thereby admitting more voters.
The Brennan Center and 33 other groups sent a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking them to urge the administration to make public any information regarding the legal authorities used to collect and use the data of Americans.
Members of the Muslim community filed a complaint against the New York Police Department this morning alleging that the department’s surveillance of Muslims based on their religion is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
If the U.S. charges Edward Snowden under the Espionage Act, they may not be able to extradite him back to the U.S. due to a 1996 treaty with Hong Kong that exempts extradition for political offenses.
Foreign law bans pose a threat to American businesses, families, and people of all faiths. Yet over the past four years, they have continued to spread. Find out which states are considering bans and how close they are to becoming law.
History has shown that each time the executive branch expands its power in the name of national security, liberty is diminished. The U.S. needs a better balance between constitutional rights and the fight against terrorism
