New Report: Record Special Interest Spending Threatens Judicial Integrity
The report is the only comprehensive look at all state supreme court elections in the latest cycle, 2015–16.
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New Report: Brennan Center Calls for Sweeping Presidential Ethics Reform
In response to the first year of an administration marked by conflicts of interest and ethical lapses, today we released a package of solutions to tackle the most pressing gaps in the country’s federal ethics system. -
Experts Available: Congress Extends Protection on Using Federal Funds for Marijuana Crackdown
The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment (Rohrabacher-Farr) has traditionally had support from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates. -
Experts Available: Trump’s Third Muslim Ban to be Argued in Court, Friday
Brennan Center Experts, including Liberty & National Security Program Co-Director Faiza Patel and Senior Counsel Michael W. Price, are available for interview on the case and Trump’s immigration policy. -
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Arguments Over Discriminatory Motivation Behind Texas Voter ID Law and Appropriate Remedy
Both a previous panel and the full Fifth Circuit bench have already declared that the law, originally passed in 2011, had the effect of discriminating against African American and Latino voters in the state. -
Capitol Hill Briefing on 'Extreme Vetting' Dec. 5
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is hosting a briefing, open to the media and public, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, December 5, at 10:30 AM. -
Civil Rights Groups Launch National Effort to Combat Alarming Voter Purge Attempt
The groups are offering guidance and assistance to jurisdictions that recently received misleading letters from the Public Interest Legal Foundation. -
Senators Leahy and Lee Introduce Bill to Reform Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Today, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) with several reforms. -
Tech Experts & Civil Rights Groups to DHS: Automated "Extreme Vetting" Would Be Threat to Constitutional Rights
Grassroots Activists Ask IBM to Renounce Interest in Extreme Vetting Contract -
Experts Available: House Judiciary Committee Votes to Permit Warrantless Surveillance of Americans
The USA Liberty Act, which passed the U.S. House Judiciary Committee today, leaves in a place a loophole permitting warrantless surveillance of Americans’ communications.
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