The White House Still Has No Idea How to Vet Brett Kavanaugh
Arbitrary deadlines and external pressure are just the latest problems with a bad process.
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Florida, Georgia, North Carolina Still Purging Voters at High Rates
Voter purges increased significantly in the 2016 election cycle. New numbers from three states offer cause for alarm about 2018, too. -
New York Senate Committee to Finally Emerge in Public, but Only to Limit Voting Rights
Lawmakers likely to attack governor’s effort to restore franchise to parolees -
Pennsylvania Commission Issues Urgent Call to Replace Vulnerable Voting Machines
More than 80 percent of the state’s voters use electronic machines that do not leave an auditable paper trail -
Federal Appeals Court Steps into Census Fight
The ruling could set the contours for how much the public gets to learn about why the Commerce Department decided to include a question about citizenship. -
I Directed White House Nominations. Of Course the FBI Can Check Kavanaugh Again.
All President Trump needs to do is ask for the bureau to continue its background investigation -
Yesterday’s New York City Primary Had the Predictable Voting Headaches
Here Are 3 Solutions to the Problem -
Rescuing History (and Accountability) from Secrecy
Congress should earmark funding for agencies’ own declassification efforts or require agencies to spend a certain percentage of their information security budgets on declassification -
New York’s Woeful Voting System
The supposedly progressive state is disenfranchising its citizens -
Conservative Group Behind Kavanaugh Confirmation Has Spent Years Reshaping State and Federal Benches
The Judicial Crisis Network spent $10 million to back Gorsuch’s nomination and over $3 million to support Kavanaugh’s nomination. Yet JCN refuses to reveal its donors and what its goals are.
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