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  • U.S. Surveillance: Unchecked and Unsupervised

    The Brennan Center submitted a shadow report advising the UN Human Rights Committee that the oversight failures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court pose a serious threat to United States compliance with international law.

  • Do Small Donors Increase Partisanship?

    As the second week of the government shutdown draws to a close, voices from across the nation have weighed in on possible causes of the seemingly intractable polarization gripping Washington.

  • Defending Defense: Why Defense Attorneys Matter

    Defense attorneys—at least the ones I have met and spoken with over the past 17 years—have different ways of expressing how they can “represent those people” but their explanations always boil down to the same essence.

  • Book of the States 2013: Modernizing Elections

    America’s system of election administration is, in many ways, inefficient, unnecessarily expensive to administer, and does not work as well as it can. To bring our elections into the 21st century, states should modernize how we register to vote, when we vote, and how we manage the voting process.

  • The Truth About the Cost of Public Campaign Funding

    In New York, defenders of the status quo who benefit from Albany’s “show me the money” culture of corruption have made exaggerated and dishonest claims about how much a small donor matching system costs. Here are the facts.

  • Why Hans von Spakovsky is Wrong on Voter Registration

    Opponents of voter registration modernization are spreading misinformation about this vital reform proposal. Americans deserve an honest, reality-based debate about how to improve the way we vote. When it comes to fixing our elections, facts matter.

  • Voting Laws Roundup 2013

    Election 2012 was marred by problems for voters nationwide. One year later, an encouraging number of states have taken steps to provide voters more access to the ballot box, but others have still tried to restrict access.