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How DHS’s New Social Media Vetting Policies Threaten Free Speech

This guidance empowers U.S. citizenship & immigration officers with significant discretion to deny a range of immigration-related applications based on language that’s not rooted in the law or otherwise vague.

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North Carolinians Go to Court to Protect Their Right to Vote

In the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the state board of elections over the voter rolls, hundreds of thousands of voters are at risk of disenfranchisement.

Kendall Verhovek

June 18, 2025

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Habeas Corpus, Explained

The centuries-old tool is a bedrock principle of constitutional democracy that protects against unlawful detention.

Hernandez D. Stroud, Katherine Yon Ebright, Ames Grawert

June 18, 2025

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Wealthy Donors See Returns in House Budget Overhaul

The bill’s tax benefits for the ultra-rich present a familiar story of donors’ outsize influence.

Grady Yuthok Short

June 18, 2025

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Wealthy Donors See Returns in House Budget Overhaul

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