Jennifer Weiss-Wolf to Serve as Inaugural Women and Democracy Fellow
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is proud to announce a new fellowship focused on gender, democracy and justice.
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New Report: Increase in Voter Purges Threatens Ballot Access in November
The Brennan Center’s analysis found that purge rates have especially increased in areas with a history of discrimination that are no longer required to get election changes precleared in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder. -
Experts Available: Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination
After a Supreme Court season filled with rulings impacting our democracy, Brennan Center experts poised to comment on new nominee -
Alden Wallace Joins Brennan Center Communications Team
Artist and designer set to join Brennan Center as Multimedia and Design Director -
Statement: Justice Kennedy Leaves Mixed Legacy
Brennan Center for Justice President Michael Waldman issued a statement on the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. -
Muslim Ban Ruling a Historic Betrayal of Values
The ruling ignores ignoring overwhelming evidence of anti-Muslim bigotry driving the policy and its harmful impacts on communities both in the U.S. and abroad. The Brennan Center said today’s decision echoes the court’s greenlighting of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. -
Author and Journalist Zachary Roth Joins Brennan Center
Roth will lead all print and digital publications as country enters crucial election year -
Supreme Court Protects Cell Phone Users’ Constitutional Privacy Rights
In a major victory for privacy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the government needs a warrant to obtain location information from cell phones showing where a user has been. -
Supreme Court Punts Gerrymandering to Next Term
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two long-anticipated cases – Gill v. Whitford, dealing with a Republican gerrymander in Wisconsin, and Benisek v. Lamone, dealing with a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland. -
New Analysis: Trump Administration Targets Muslim, LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter Communities with Countering Violent Extremism Programs
Countering Violent Extremism programs, already controversial in the Obama era for their reliance on debunked methodology and targeting of Muslim communities, have had their worst qualities supercharged by the Trump administration.
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