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Trump Administration’s Attack On Free Speech Sets A Dangerous Precedent

Apparently not satisfied with using the President’s Twitter feed to attack the media, the White House is continuing the most sustained attack on the media by an administration in decades.
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- May 2, 2017
Still Searching for Justice

Twenty-five years later, the tension and anger between African-American communities and the police that precipitated the L.A. riots persists.
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- May 1, 2017
The State of Redistricting Litigation (April 2017 edition)

Several districts in Texas’ 2011 congressional and legislative maps were found unconstitutional, a new gerrymandering lawsuit was filed in Georgia, and more.
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- May 23, 2017
Watching Burger King’s Newest Ad Puts Your Privacy in Jeopardy

Through the use of a “wake phrase,” a 15-second Burger King commercial successfully activated Google Home devices, essentially hijacking American’s private devices.
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- April 24, 2017
Electoral Integrity In Campaign Finance Law

In McCutcheon v. FEC, four justices of the U.S. Supreme Court described the government’s interest in passing campaign finance laws in terms of “electoral integrity” but did not fully flesh out what the concept might mean for this area of law.
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- April 21, 2017
Featured Voice: An Interview with Mantell Stevens

Mantell Stevens is an activist, organizer, speaker, and lobbyist with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. We spoke with Stevens about his work, his life, and how they have come to influence each other.
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- April 21, 2017
The Link Between White Supremacists and Islamic Terrorism

White supremacist groups have long presented homegrown domestic threat and, in many ways, their operations, tactics, and terrorist recruitment processes bear a striking similarity to those used by jihadist groups such as ISIS or al Qaeda.
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- April 20, 2017
Brennan Center Launches Online Database of Empirical Evidence on Money in Politics

Our new online database of empirical evidence on money in politics is a valuable resource for social science and legal research, and provides reformers and policy makers with the facts necessary to advance reasonable campaign finance regulation.
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- April 18, 2017
New York City is Making Its Citizens Safer By Overseeing Police Technology

The New York City Council recently introduced legislation aimed at increasing the transparency and accountability over the NYPD’s use of powerful new surveillance tools.
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- April 3, 2017
America Should Question Neil Gorsuch's Willingness to Stand Up to Trump's Travel Ban

Neil Gorsuch’s work defending the worst of the Bush administration’s excesses raises serious questions about whether he would stand up to President Trump.
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- March 23, 2017

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Analysis

Trump Administration’s Attack On Free Speech Sets A Dangerous Precedent

Still Searching for Justice

The State of Redistricting Litigation (April 2017 edition)

Watching Burger King’s Newest Ad Puts Your Privacy in Jeopardy

Electoral Integrity In Campaign Finance Law

Featured Voice: An Interview with Mantell Stevens

The Link Between White Supremacists and Islamic Terrorism

Brennan Center Launches Online Database of Empirical Evidence on Money in Politics

New York City is Making Its Citizens Safer By Overseeing Police Technology

America Should Question Neil Gorsuch's Willingness to Stand Up to Trump's Travel Ban

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Pagination

Informed citizens are democracy’s best defense