The Brennan Center applauds the introduction of the Smarter Sentencing Act, a bipartisan bill that would reform overly severe drug sentencing policies and give federal judges greater flexibility in sentencing.

The Brennan Center applauds New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman plan to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for nearly 340 violations of the National Mortgage Settlement agreement, an agreement that could help families facing foreclosure stay in their homes.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is pleased to welcome as a new Fellow Andrew Cohen, a Murrow Award-winning journalist and one of the nation’s leading legal analysts.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in one of the most important cases of the session, Fisher v. University of Texas UT, which many observers believe could end affirmative action as we know it. Inimai Chettiar and Mark Ladov of the Brennan Center for Justice—authors of an amicus brief  in the case— are available to provide an analysis of this morning’s arguments.