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 ...

Americans are increasingly living in a nation divided, where how easy it is to vote depends on where they happen to live. We promote solutions that would modernize and standardize voting access ...

The right to a fair day in court is under threat. Judicial elections are awash in money, while lawmakers have sought to rein ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has embarked on a spending spree, signing contracts worth up to $25 million for a smorgasbord of spy technology: social media monitoring systems, cellphone ...

The number of new restrictive voting laws has increased this year, while legislation aimed at expanding voting access has lagged. State governments in 2025 are nearly on pace to match the number of ...

This year, a new threat to free and fair elections has emerged: the federal government. Since day one of his second term, the Trump administration has attempted to rewrite election rules to burden ...

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, ...

On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to end the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. State attorneys general, civil rights organizations, ...

While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so. Only weeks after federal immigration raids set off chaos in ...

After a string of high-profile setbacks in federal court for the president’s immigration agenda, the Trump administration claims that it’s considering suspending habeas corpus, a key legal tool for ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Receive it in your inbox. For years, we have warned against the danger of an unchecked president turning the military ...