Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act has been crucial to challenging restrictive laws and protecting minority voting rights. This report analyzes new implications — that have so far gone largely unnoted — if the Court takes the extraordinary step of striking down this key provision.
In response to a recent New York Times editorial on delays in Bronx courts, Thomas Giovanni urges legislators to invest in public defenders, reclassify petty offenses and to end mass incarceration in a letter to the editor.
Although no system can stop individuals from behaving badly, public financing combined with strong enforcement, disclosure, and reasonable contribution limits can change Albany's "show me the money" culture.
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted a letter to a California Senate Committee defending the constitutionality of the state's DISCLOSE Act and urging support for the legislation.
The Senate's dubious vote on gun background checks is a failure from our elected officials, but also from the media, which help Senate obstructionists by trying to appear "objective."
The Brennan Center for Justice, along with 30 additional organizations, sent the following letter to President Obama urging him to establish a steering committee to help rein in the government’s systemic overclassification of information.
