Can Trump Declare a National Emergency to Build the Wall?
A Q&A with the Brennan Center’s Liza Goitein, a leading expert on emergency powers.
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Our Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration Revealed How It Lies About Terrorism
The President has repeatedly used faulty data to invent national security justifications for flawed policy. -
Fines & Fees Justice Center Launches New Clearinghouse Featuring Brennan Center Work
This resource will be useful to criminal justice reform efforts targeting the significant problems of fees and fines in our justice system. -
Flawed Terrorism Report Shows Administration’s Skewed Priorities
While over-hyping terrorism committed by immigrants, DOJ is overlooking a bigger threat: terrorist violence from the far right. -
Partisan Gerrymandering Back at the Supreme Court
Will the justices finally curb efforts to use control of redistricting to rig maps? -
How the FIRST STEP Act Became Law — and What Happens Next
The making of a historic criminal justice reform bill. -
Historic Bill to Strengthen Democracy Introduced in Congress
Landmark measure would expand voting rights, curb gerrymandering, bolster ethics rules, and revamp how campaigns are funded. -
Historic Criminal Justice Reform Legislation Signed into Law
The FIRST STEP Act marks progress toward reducing mass incarceration
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New York’s Wealthiest Played Outsized Role in Funding 2018 Campaigns
A new Brennan Center analysis underlines the need for small-donor public financing, which would give ordinary New Yorkers a much louder voice in elections. -
In 2018, a Spate of Partisan Attacks on State Courts
Efforts by politicians to drag courts through the partisan muck are proliferating, a Brennan Center analysis finds
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