Unusually high judicial vacancy levels coupled with unprecedented workloads are burdening federal district courts like never before. The President and Congress need to act now to fill these seats.
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies not only collect massive amounts of innocent Americans’ data, but share and store this data for up to 75 years or more, clogging national security data bases and creating opportunities for abuse.
The Moreland Commission has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address the corrupting nature of New York’s broken campaign finance system and the crisis of public trust it engenders. It must take bold action and push transformative polices.
The federal government, in the form of the Census Bureau, is permitting states and counties all over the country to undermine the “one person, one vote” concept.
The Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, removing a critical tool to combat racial discrimination in voting. See all of the Center's recent resources on the VRA and ideas on how to move forward after the Court's decision.
