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.
Foreign law bans pose a threat to American businesses, families, and people of all faiths. Yet over the past four years, they have continued to spread. Find out which states are considering bans and how close they are to becoming law.
History has shown that each time the executive branch expands its power in the name of national security, liberty is diminished. The U.S. needs a better balance between constitutional rights and the fight against terrorism
The laws used to prosecute leakers and whistleblowers have not kept pace with the complex reality of disclosure. How do we protect national security while preserving the transparency necessary for self-government?
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.
Now that Edward Snowden has come forward as the NSA surveillance program leak, the government must decide how to handle his case...as a criminal, whistleblower, or both.
