Sixty years ago this month, the Senate passed the Voting Rights Act, a historic breakthrough in a chamber long dominated by ...

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ...

The law disproportionately affected people of color and made them less likely to vote in future elections.

Lawmakers must seize new opportunities to ensure political equality and fair access to the ballot box for Native American communities. Voting rights advocates have had much to celebrate in recent ...

Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home to 10 city jails, where you will find violence, chaos, and even death. This ...

El Brennan Center for Justice presentó un escrito de amicus curiae (amigos de la corte) en el caso State of California et al., v. Trump, a favor de la moción de la parte demandante de emitir un ...

En los últimos años, el gobierno de la ciudad se enfrentó a varias demandas por el cruel tratamiento que reciben las personas encarceladas allí. La jueza tomó medidas para asignar a un experto ...

Federal law limits the use of troops on American soil, but loopholes invite abuse. Congress and the states must act.

Election officials were some of the biggest heroes of the 2020 election. After a grueling year that saw a pandemic, unprecedented disinformation efforts, and the highest turnout in over a century, ...

The end of the 20th century saw the rise of mass incarceration as well as originalism, the idea that judges must interpret the Constitution according to its supposed original intent. In a new book, ...