Five years since the Brennan Center called the New York legislature the "most dysfunctional in the country," the situation has not improved. "It's gone from dysfunctional to laughable," says Larry Norden. "It's embarrassing." Follow the Brennan Center's efforts to reform New York politics on our blog, ReformNY.
How will the impending Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission affect the relationship between new media and campaign finance law?
Much has been made this past week about a brief dissenting opinion by Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the 2006 Second Circuit decision in Hayden v. Pataki, a case that challenged New York’s felony disenfranchisement law...
Tucked in the President Obama's budget is a proposal to repeal several rules from the 1990s that make it more difficult to provide legal help to the poor . . .
