The Brennan Center, sponsored by Sen. Klobuchar’s office, will hold a congressional briefing on Tuesday, May 29 to address the loopholes that allowed Russia to skirt the laws that have protected our elections for decades.
The Brennan Center and a coalition of more than 100 civil rights organizations urge Congress to reject the FIRST STEP Act, and instead take up comprehensive sentencing reform.
Tomorrow, May 22, Arkansas will vote in a nonpartisan election to decide whether Justice Courtney Goodson will keep her seat on the state’s Supreme Court.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement abandoned efforts to build a program to predict, using analysis of social media and other online sources, who would contribute to the “national interest” or commit a terrorist act.
Two proposals on Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), developed respectively by Sens. Bob Corker and Tim Kaine, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, take vastly different approaches.
After a delay, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up a prison reform bill backed by the White House but criticized by civil rights groups. Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins the Brennan Center in calling it a poor starting point in fixing the country’s broken justice system.
Lawmakers passed SB 5 after numerous courts, including the full Fifth Circuit, concluded the prior strict ID law had a discriminatory effect. Advocates believe that the new law is still discriminatory, and are reviewing options for next steps.
The partnership comes at a pivotal time in the fight for criminal justice reform as a growing number of elected prosecutors from across the country pursue reforms that address systemic injustices in our courts and prisons.
