The justices consider tossing a decades-old tool to fight racial discrimination when it comes to fair representation.

Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining ...

Not only is the term “insurrection” a wild exaggeration to describe the protests in Portland, but it’s also an obvious wink to the Insurrection Act. That law, last amended in the 1870s, gives ...

Since this report was released, a number of states have enacted laws prohibiting guns at election locations. An updated chart summarizing state prohibitions is here. Over the last 20 years, several ...

The political prosecution of a presidential enemy has left the government with a seemingly unwinnable case — and a justice system tainted by politics. The power of the prosecutor is tremendous, ...

The Trump administration’s reported authorization of 600 military lawyers to act as temporary immigration judges would deprive immigrants of a fair hearing and further erode the line between the ...

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Americans’ use of social media generates troves of detailed data about their personal, political, and religious beliefs and associations. Law enforcement’s use of this data is widespread. Some police ...

There is a yawning gap in the rules that govern money in politics and government ethics. We must prevent special interests from using super PACs and officeholder-controlled nonprofits to bypass ...

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count of everyone living in the country. The results are used to decide how many seats each state has in Congress, draw district boundaries for ...

The Brennan Center publishes extensive research on the effects of dark money in politics, including its effects in state and local elections, risks to judicial independence, and the threat of foreign ...