What We’re Reading Today: Falling Crime, Teeming Prisons
What We're Reading: a daily round-up of quick hits, clips, and opinion pieces touching on key issues of democracy, justice, liberty and national security.
The editorial boards of The New York Times and The Washington Post urge Congress to pass the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, a Brennan-Center supported bill to study the nation’s broken criminal justice system.
Adam Cohen at Time highlights the important role of outside money in judicial elections, referencing the Brennan Center’s new report.
As the US Department of Justice reviews South Carolina’s new voter ID requirement, the state’s Election Commission finds no confirmed cases of voter fraud.
A three-judge panel denied a motion to expedite review of Florida’s new voting and voter registration restrictions, meaning different counties in the state will operate under different rules for the Republican presidential primary election, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
The Los Angeles Times editorial board writes, “the Obama administration should rethink its outrageous proposal that would allow the government to lie to citizens about whether documents exist.”
Politico and The New York Times report on outside conservative SuperPACs that are replacing the traditional Republican party infrastructure.