Campaign Finance in Illinois
This report assesses Illinois’s campaign finance system; we have developed similar reports for Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio.
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Campaign Finance in Michigan
This report assesses Michigan’s campaign finance system; we have published similar reports for Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Ohio. -
Rethinking Campaign Finance: Toward a Pro-Democracy Jurisprudence
Increasingly, leading legal scholars and others who study the Constitution have concluded that the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First Amendment and its proper role in campaign finance cases is simply wrong. -
Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. VIII
This volume is a sample of the Brennan Center’s work on all fronts in the fight for democracy and justice in 2014. -
Federal Prosecution for the 21st Century: Federal Cost Savings Estimate
If implemented, the Brennan Center’s proposed reforms to federal prosecution could save billions over the next ten years. -
Charging Inmates Perpetuates Mass Incarceration
At least a few localities in nearly every state in the country authorize “pay-to-stay” fees on prisoners for everything from medical costs, to food, to clothes. -
Campaign Finance in Minnesota
This report — the last of a five-part series — assesses Minnesota’s campaign finance system; we have published similar reports on Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan. -
Campaign Finance in Wisconsin
This report — the first of a five-part series — assesses Wisconsin’s campaign finance system; we are developing similar reports for Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio -
Analysis of Montana Minimum Wage Bill
Analysis of a Montana minimum-wage bill reveals that it could slash pay by more than $4.00 an hour for 8,600 restaurant workers across the state, partly repealing the states new minimum wage law just months after it was enacted. -
The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2006
This fourth edition of “The New Politics of Judicial Elections” shows how 2006 was the most threatening year yet to the fairness of America’s state courts.
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