Brennan Center Supports Voter Registration Modernization Act
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-N.Y.) online registration bill will help boost participation, enhance accuracy, and increase efficiency.
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Groups Urge Passage of NSA Reform Bill Without Amendment
The Brennan Center, along with 40 civil liberties groups, sent a letter to Senate leadership today urging them to pass the USA FREEDOM Act without delay and without adding data retention requirements. -
Comments to U.S. Sentencing Commission on Drugs-Minus-Two Sentencing Guideline Amendment
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law filed a letter to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on a proposed amendment to federal sentencing guidelines that help federal judges determine appropriate sentences. -
Brennan Center Urges End of Surveillance Under Section 702
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Board, recommending an end to the NSA’s programmatic surveillance under Section 702. -
Brennan Center Submits Comments on Big Data Review
The Brennan Center submitted comments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy about civil liberty concerns surrounding the use of big data in counterterrorism efforts. -
Comments to U.S. Sentencing Commission on Sentencing Guidelines
The Brennan Center filed comments in response to the Sentencing Commission’s notice of proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines that help judges determine appropriate sentences for federal offenders. -
Former Church Committee Calls for New Investigative Panel
Former Church Committee members wrote a letter to the president and Congress urging the creation of a new investigative committee to examine intelligence gathering abuses. -
Brennan Center Supports Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013
The legislation attempts to shift our nation’s punitive sentencing policies to more rational and fair criminal justice laws. -
Brennan Center Submits Comments on the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Policy Priorities
In response to the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s call for comments on sentencing priorities, the Brennan Center suggests several reforms that could greatly reduce the size and severity of the federal justice system. -
Comments Submitted to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted written comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board regarding the Board’s agenda, pursuant to the notice published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2012, at 77 FR 64835.
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