Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. IV
This volume is a sample of the Brennan Center’s work on all fronts in the fight for democracy and justice in 2010.
Research Report
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Jim Crow in New York
New York’s criminal disenfranchisement provisions, like those deployed in the South, were part of a concerted effort to exclude African Americans from participating in the political process. -
Promoting Fair and Impartial Courts through Recusal Reform
To assist state courts in responding to the need for recusal reform, the Brennan Center for Justice has collected model rules that provide a blueprint for state implementation. -
A Report Card on New York's Civic Literacy
Without civic literacy we cannot maintain a vigorous democracy, but as multiple national studies and our findings in this report all demonstrate, few Americans have the requisite knowledge to engage in a democratic policy discussion. -
Voting System Failures: A Database Solution
Voting systems fail in a particular county in one election, and then again later, under similar circumstances, but in a different locale. These repeated failures disenfranchise voters and damage public confidence in the electoral system. This report calls for a regulatory clearinghouse — a national database, accessible by election officials and others, that identifies voting system malfunctions. -
Rethinking Radicalization
Radicalization is complex. Yet a thinly-sourced, reductionist view of how people become terrorists has gained unwarranted legitimacy in some counterterrorism circles. -
Improving Judicial Diversity
This study examines how successful states with appointed judiciaries are at recruiting and appointing women and racial minorities to sit on the bench. -
Voter Registration in a Digital Age
This report is the first in-depth survey of these registration innovations—"automated" voter registration, in which government offices like DMVs collect and transfer voter registrations electronically, and online voter registration, in which citizens submit voter registration applications over the Internet. -
Reducing Overclassification Through Accountability
Classification is one of the most important tools our government has to keep us safe. But many secrets protected by the classification system pose no danger to the nation’s safety. -
Modernizing Voter Registration: Momentum in the States
The past year has seen gathering momentum in the states to modernize the voter registration system. In various ways, states have begun to move toward a system in which voters are automatically and permanently added to the rolls, with fail-safes in case of government mistakes.
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