With its latest gerrymandering decision, the Court is creating a political system primed for distortion and deeper division.

On Sunday, President Trump said that he would “absolutely” denaturalize American citizens if he could. It comes after a wave ...

Update: The Supreme Court will hear argument on the constitutionality of Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship this spring. The Court will likely issue a final ruling by late June or early ...

Ames Grawert is senior counsel and John L. Neu Justice Counsel in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. He leads quantitative and policy research focused on trends in crime and the collateral costs of ...

Our military is trained to defeat enemies, not to police American citizens. That’s why President Trump’s troop deployments in Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, Portland, Memphis, and potentially other cities ...

For decades, the law blocked racially discriminatory election rules and voting districts — and it could do so again, if Congress acts. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a hugely successful law in the ...

There is no clear relationship between pro-reform prosecutors and increased crime. Prosecutors play a vital role in the criminal justice system, determining not just which cases to pursue but also ...

Enacted in 1792, the Insurrection Act grants the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military domestically and use it against Americans under certain conditions. While there are rare ...

During the 2021 redistricting cycle, self-interested politicians continuously gerrymandered voting districts despite attempts by the Ohio Supreme Court to help implement fair maps. The current ...

The landmark 1965 law is one of the most successful civil rights measures in history, but the Supreme Court has eviscerated it. Regarded as the legislative crown jewel of the civil rights era, the ...

A federal judge in Texas made news in January when he allowed a suit filed by Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri to proceed against the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medication abortion, based ...

This essay is part of the Brennan Center’s series examining the punitive excess that has come to define America’s criminal legal system. To dismantle America’s dehumanizing and racially skewed human ...