Judicial Diversity Is Not Just Important on the Supreme Court
State supreme courts rarely resemble the increasingly diverse communities they serve despite the broad impact of their rulings.
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Poll of Local Election Officials Finds Safety Fears for Colleagues — and Themselves
Officials report threats and a need for more support at the federal and local levels, and it’s causing many to leave their jobs.
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On Democracy’s Front Lines
Two of the House of Representatives’ leading fighters for democracy—one scorched by personal tragedy—explain what’s at stake. -
Ukraine: The Stakes for Democracy
The war in Ukraine reminds us that our own democracy is worth fighting for. -
Supreme Court Should Shut Down Latest Bid to Rewrite Elections Clause
North Carolina’s gerrymanderers are trying to get the justices to buy into the baseless “independent state legislature theory.” -
The Pentagon Must Submit to Congressional Oversight
The Biden administration has appeared to greenlight the Defense Department’s disturbing pattern of noncompliance with reporting requirements required by law. -
A Public Defender on the High Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first public defender to serve on the Supreme Court. Here’s why it matters. -
We’re Suing DC Police for Records on Social Media Surveillance
The public records request lawsuit is key to protecting people’s privacy and First Amendment rights and guarding against discrimination and abuse. -
Diversity Has Always Been a Factor in Supreme Court Nominations
President Biden is taking Supreme Court demographics into account. So did Reagan and Eisenhower. -
Jonathan Jasper Wright: America’s First Black State Supreme Court Justice
Wright joined the South Carolina Supreme Court after the Civil War and was forced out as Reconstruction ended, the only Black justice in U.S. history for nearly a century.
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