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Texas Voter ID Law Taken to Court
 The Brennan Center filed suit Tuesday to block Texas’s voter ID requirement. The Center and other allies represent the Texas NAACP and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus. A federal court blocked the law last year under the Voting Rights Act. But the Texas attorney general announced he would implement the measure immediately after a June Supreme Court ruling weakening a key provision of the landmark civil rights law. Watch Wendy Weiser (right) discuss the case on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews.”
New York State Tackles Political Corruption
 Wealthy interests’ control over Albany’s policy choices erodes public trust in government, and only comprehensive campaign finance reform can restore that trust, Lawrence Norden testified Tuesday before the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption. Read more on how a small donor matching system can transform New York government and curb corruption.
AP Journalists Unearth Muslim Surveillance Program
 Pulitzer Prize award-winning journalists Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman joined the Brennan Center Monday for a panel discussion of their recent book “Enemies Within.” The duo broke the story of the New York Police Department’s controversial Muslim surveillance program. Faiza Patel moderated the panel, which included former FBI Assistant Special Agent Don Borelli, to a crowd of more than 200.
This Week From Brennan Center Fellow Andrew Cohen
 The Power of Three: A Supreme Court Preview
What are the three biggest cases of the upcoming Supreme Court term? Which three cases are the most underreported? And what are the three most likely dissents? Join the Brennan Center September 24 for this candid conversation featuring SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe, The Atlantic’s Garrett Epps, Nicole Austin-Hillery, and moderator Andrew Cohen. RSVP here.
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Featured Event
Foreign Law Bans in a State Near You? Legal Difficulties, Practical Problems
On September 23, the Brennan Center will host a conversation on foreign law bans — bills that outlaw religious, foreign, or international law. Six states have passed such bans and five more are poised to pass similar measures. Robert Henry, former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, will deliver the keynote address followed by a panel discussion featuring David Barkey, Abed Awad, and Amos Toh. Faiza Patel will moderate. CLE Credit is available. For more information and to RSVP, click here.
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Brennan Center in the News
- With just seven weeks to go before the New York City mayoral election, the city’s public financing system is on view for the country. MSNBC.com cited a Brennan Center and Campaign Finance Institute study on small donor public financing.
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