Texas Redistricting Back in Court
On July 15, a three-judge panel in Texas concluded a week-long trial over the state’s congressional and state house plans. Here’s what you need to know.
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We Need Election Integrity — Just Not the Way Trump Is Going About It
Domestic voter fraud isn’t a real threat. Hackers from overseas are. -
States Declare Independence From Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission
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The Purge: Ten Years Later?
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How The Supreme Court Botched the Muslim Ban Ruling
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Bipartisan Efforts on Criminal Justice Reform Continue
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Jeff Sessions Isn’t Making America Safer. He Might Be Making It More Dangerous.
Sessions’s directive goes far beyond reason and risks reigniting the same, misguided “war on drugs” that brought the nation’s criminal justice system to this crisis point, without doing anything to enhance public safety. -
POST Act Hearing Round-Up
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Tax Returns Aren't Enough
The information in President Trump’s returns wouldn’t be enough to quell concerns about his finances. -
How This Supreme Court Case Will Affect the Next Election
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument this fall in a potentially landmark partisan-gerrymandering case from Wisconsin.
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