Fact Check: Trump on Crime in Georgia
Donald Trump shared several tweets Saturday about crime in Rep. John Lewis’s (D-Ga.). A Brennan Center fact-check found his comments to be misleading.
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Big Shoulders, Bad Problems
The Trump administration would be wise to get on the side of police reformers in Chicago -
Private Prisons Are Poised for a Comeback Under Trump. Here’s How to Reform Them.
By improving the contracts with private prisons and changing the incentives, we can make them more accountable and hopefully more effective in curbing the endless cycle of arrests and incarceration that plague our criminal justice system. -
To Combat Hate Crimes, We First Need To Know How Many There Are
Bad data likely underestimates the nature and scale of the problem. -
Anonymous Donors Spent Record Amounts on 2016 State Ballot Questions
In 2016, voters on ballot measures across the country faced unprecedented levels of secret spending, on issues ranging from the minimum wage to the sales tax, preliminary records show. -
Trump and the Dangers of Secret Law
Trump will soon inherit the secret laws generated under the Bush and Obama administrations. What actions will they permit? How will we know what limits they impose—and when he has exceeded them? -
The Ninth Circuit’s Constitutional Detour in Mohamud
The Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Mohamud continues a trend of disappointing decisions by lower courts on the constitutionality of FISA Section 702 surveillance. -
Fact-Checking Sessions’ Opening Remarks: Crime, Violent Crime, and Prosecutions
Senator Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for hearings on his nomination as the next U.S. Attorney General. Here’s a fact-check of his key statements. -
Sen. Sessions’s Mixed Record on Criminal Justice Makes His Confirmation Hearing Critical
His Senate colleagues need to ask probing questions, and Sessions needs to answer. -
Holding Sessions Accountable on Civil Liberties
As the nation’s top prosecutor and head of the world’s largest law office, Sessions will carry out a number of responsibilities on which it is critical that the American public hear his views. The Judiciary Committee should ask Sessions about these issues.
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