Is the GOP Warming Up to the Equal Rights Amendment?
A renewed push for this decades-dormant legislation is garnering Republican support in state capitals — as well as bipartisan interest in Congress.
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No, Fusion Voting Won't Make Public Financing of Elections More Expensive
Concerns that fusion voting, which allows candidates to run on multiple lines for the same office, and a public financing program might jointly be unsustainable reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the way the policy works. -
How Trump’s Lies about the Wall Undermine Our Criminal Justice System
The facts just don’t support President Trump’s wall plan—or much else in his immigration agenda. -
Trump Vetoes After Congress Rejects Border Emergency
It was the first time that Congress had voted to block a president’s emergency declaration. -
The State of Native American Voting Rights
Lawmakers must seize new opportunities to ensure political equality and fair access to the ballot box for Native American communities. -
The Supreme Court Takes on Partisan Gerrymandering
The Court can end extreme abuses of the redistricting process when it takes on cases challenging North Carolina and Maryland’s congressional maps. -
House Passes Historic Democracy Reform Bill
The sweeping For the People Act would expand voting rights, curb gerrymandering, overhaul campaign financing rules, bolster election security, and strengthen ethics rules. -
Now Is the Time to Think Big on Voting
A decade ago, automatic voter registration seemed ambitious, and today it’s reality. What might be the next transformative reform? -
A Turning Point for Redistricting Reform in New Hampshire?
The proposal would ban gerrymandering in the state and establish a citizen’s advisory redistricting commission. -
Congress Reckons with Trump’s National Emergency Declaration
“A problem is not the same thing as an emergency,” said Brennan Center’s Elizabeth Goitein in a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
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