How Electronic Monitoring Incentivizes Prolonged Punishment
An innovative method to help reduce mass incarceration is often derailed by outrageous fees and onerous rules that can send people back to prison.
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5 State Laws Based on Voter Fraud Myths that Will Hamper Future Elections
The plot to overturn the 2020 election failed, but false claims about voter fraud have successfully fueled legislation that will make it harder to vote. -
A Debunked Legal Theory Could Be Used to Turn Our Elections Into Chaos
The theory would remove many checks and balances on state legislators, unleashing the very bodies that have been enacting laws that make it harder to vote — particularly for Americans of color — and easier to interfere in election outcomes. -
Illegal Attempts to Access Voting Machines Didn’t Stop with Jan. 6 Insurrection
Some of the same people behind the effort to overturn the 2020 election are supporting activists working to gain illegal access to election systems. -
Originalism Run Amok at the Supreme Court
The constitutional theory is now a threat to modern life. -
Outlawing Police Quotas
Police quotas don’t make communities safer — they prevent officers from focusing on larger public safety issues. -
Supreme Court Drastically Limits EPA’s Efforts to Mitigate Climate Crisis
The Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA imperils evidence-based policymaking. -
Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Shows What Happens When Democracy Is Thwarted
Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and campaign finance loopholes have resulted in a decision at odds with the will of the people. -
The Most Dangerous Gun Ruling in History, at the Worst Possible Time
The Supreme Court decision striking down a New York gun law may be the most significant Second Amendment ruling in the nation’s history — and the most dangerous. -
The People Who Stood Up To Trump
Election officials showed tremendous courage in 2020. Will they next time around?
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