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California Should Require Disclosure of Political Ad Buys to Fend Off Meddling

Congress hasn’t taken steps to prevent foreign powers from buying political ads on the internet. But states like California can take the lead in protecting our elections.
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- February 19, 2018
How the Internet Companies That Sold Ads to Russian Trolls Can Fix the Problem

Mueller’s indictments describe a sprawling Russian scheme to sow discord in our elections using social media. The platforms now have a duty to protect our democracy through reforms.
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- February 17, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Oppose Citizenship Question in 2020 Census

170 civil rights and good government groups warn that citizenship question could upend census.
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- February 14, 2018
State Attorneys General Reject Citizenship Question on Census

State attorneys general from across the country are resisting attempts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
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- February 12, 2018
Million Dollar Courts: Special Interests Bid for Justice

Special interests are increasingly attempting to influence the make-up of state court benches. States can – and should – stop them from bidding for the bench.
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- February 9, 2018
What Pennsylvania's Landmark Partisan Gerrymandering Ruling Means

While the fight isn’t over quite yet, Pennsylvania voters’ efforts to get a fairer congressional map took a big step forward this week.
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- February 6, 2018
Annotated Guide to the Benisek Amicus Briefs, Version 1.0

As the Supreme Court prepares to take up a partisan-gerrymandering challenge to Maryland’s congressional map, nearly a dozen briefs have already been filed from a diverse array of friends of the court.
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- February 5, 2018
Pennsylvania’s Crazy Gerrymandering Games Just Got Crazier

The fight over the redrawing of Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered congressional map – one of the worst of the decade – has already seen some wild twists and turns. A surprise filing Monday afternoon presented another.
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- January 29, 2018
Court: Public Deserves to Know How NYPD Uses Predictive Policing Software

The New York State Supreme Court ordered the NYPD to produce substantially more records about their predictive policing program.
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- January 26, 2018
Whose Side Is the First Amendment Really On?

Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky highlights the fact that even though speech and voting rights derive from the same source and are complementary, there is potential for conflict.
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- January 24, 2018