A recent complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court alleges that the NYPD violated American Muslims' constitutional rights by monitoring them based on nothing more than their religion.
Secret surveillance has thrived under the indifference of Americans. If one has nothing to hide, then why care about being watched? However, over-surveillance has consequences for everyone.
According to a Pew Research poll, the majority of Americans believe the government's claims that the harvesting of domestic phone records is legal. The law, however, says otherwise.
Governor Cuomo introduces a comprehensive campaign finance reform bill, editorials ask the Senate Independent Democratic Conference to bring the Fair Elections bill to a vote, celebrities join the Fair Elections team, and more.
The effort to end secret political spending by nonprofits received a major boost last week. Wednesday, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman adopted new disclosure requirements for charities.
Better ballot design is not the sole cause for the steep drop in overvotes in New York State elections in 2012 from 2010. Design for machines can matter just as much as the design of ballots in keeping overvotes close to zero.
The best, most reliable voting machine is worthless if a ballot is poorly designed. The dramatic drop in overvotes in New York State elections in 2012 from 2010 illustrate this design need to ensure that voter intent is recorded accurately.
Gov. McDonnell recently announced that VA is taking a first step in restoring voting rights to people with criminal convictions in their pasts. According to McDonnell, this will restore the right to vote to over 100,000 people. But we can go further.
In our latest money in politics update, citizens rally for campaign finance reform, leaders explain how the Senate's "Independent Democrats" can break the logjam in Albany, Attorney General Schneiderman unveils disclosure rule, and more.
Section 215 of the Patriot Act allows the government to collect data as long as that data is “relevant” to a terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation. Recent news that the government has spied on millions of Americans brings into questions how this law is being used.
