Judicial Nominating Commissions
An analysis finds that despite varying methods of selecting them, state commissioners are almost uniformly professionally homogeneous.
Research Report
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Buying Time 2000: Television Advertising in the 2000 Federal Elections
Buying Time 2000 is the second in the Brennan Center’s series of reports on campaign advertising on television. -
A Critical History of the U.S. Census & Citizenship Questions
The Trump Administration is relying on history to defend the 2020 Census citizenship question. New Brennan Center research shows this historical narrative is wrong. -
Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. XII
This volume is a sample of the Brennan Center’s work on all fronts in the fight for democracy and justice in 2018. -
AVR Impact on State Voter Registration
A new Brennan Center report finds significant gains in voter rolls everywhere Automatic Voter Registration has been implemented. -
Federal Laws That Protect Census Confidentiality
How federal law protects responses to the 2020 Census. -
The Machinery of Democracy
There is not yet any perfect voting system or set of procedures. Election officials and community members should be aware of the trade-offs when choosing one voting system or set of procedures over another, and they should know how to improve the system they choose. -
Legal Change: Lessons from America's Social Movements
Marriage equality, the right to vote, reproductive freedom, the environment, the death penalty. Legal Change shares remarkable accounts of decades of legal advocacy in America. -
The Case for Community Defense in New Orleans
Building a strong system of community defense today will help prevent more onerous and expensive steps tomorrow. -
How Judicial Elections Impact Criminal Cases
Pressures of upcoming re-election campaigns make judges more punitive toward defendants in criminal cases, according to a growing body of empirical research.
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