Press Releases
Latest Surveillance Allegations Show Need for NYPD Oversight
Faiza Patel released a statement following Associated Press reports that the New York City Police Department conducted surveillance and monitoring of Muslim communities in Newark, New Jersey.
– 02/22/12
Supreme Court Halts Montana Campaign Finance Decision
On Friday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court halted a Montana Supreme Court decision that upheld the state’s century-old law prohibiting corporations from spending money to influence elections. The Brennan Center released the following statement from Senior Counsel Adam Skaggs.
– 02/18/12
Appeal of Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering Sent to Appellate Division
The New York Court of Appeals today declined to hear plaintiffs’ direct appeal in Little v. LATFOR, a lawsuit challenging New York’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering.
– 02/14/12
Pew Study Shows Need for Voter Registration Modernization
The Brennan Center released a statement following the release of a Pew Center on the States report showing 1 in 8 voter registrations contain errors.
– 02/14/12
Brennan Center Submits Testimony Challenging Florida’s Restrictive Election Law
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted written testimony in advance of today’s U.S. Senate hearing examining Florida’s new election law, H.B. 1355, stating that the law’s onerous restrictions on community-based voter registration drives are unconstitutional and offering solutions for modernizing the state’s voter registration system.
– 01/27/12
Brennan Center, Justice at Stake Praise Tennessee Judicial Ethics Rules
The Tennessee Supreme Court this week adopted a new Code of Judicial Conduct to prohibit judges from hearing cases involving campaign supporters in which “the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
– 01/06/12
Joint Statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address
In yesterday's State of the State Address, Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to lead the push for what could become the most important reform in the nation in 2012: reducing the massive influence of big money in our political system through public financing of elections for New York State.
– 01/05/12
Brennan Center Praises Cuomo’s Support of Public Financing
Following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address, the Brennan Center released this statement from Executive Director Michael Waldman.
– 01/04/12
Department of Justice Decision on Voter ID Law Protects South Carolina Voters
Statement: "The Justice Department has followed the law, nothing more and nothing less."
– 12/27/11
Senate Bill Would Restore Voting Rights for Millions of American Citizens
The Brennan Center for Justice and a coalition of allied civil rights advocates lauded Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) today for introducing the Democracy Restoration Act of 2011.
– 12/16/11