The Constitution gives Congress the power to set tariffs. Congress can delegate aspects of that power to presidents and has ...

If the Court blesses the president’s use of emergency powers to evade Congress, the consequences would be profound.

This violence distorts who gets elected and how they interact with constituents. It can also influence how they vote on ...

With Congress paralyzed and aid programs in jeopardy, state governments are proving to be laboratories for reform and resistance.

Shifting city elections to even-numbered years is proven to increase turnout among eligible voters, especially those from ...

Tonya Wichman, the elections director in a small Ohio county, discusses the preparation and training that goes into ...

By promoting an activist with a history of false election claims, the Department of Homeland Security is damaging its ...

The Supreme Court will decide this term if the Voting Rights Act still allows voters of color to challenge racially discriminatory voting maps in court. The question arises in a redistricting case ...

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, ...

Analyzing the president’s use of military, police, and security services in the nation’s capital. At the same time, the president signaled that D.C. may be a testing ground for this strategy, to be ...

The Supreme Court’s so-called shadow docket for emergency motions has played an outsized role in legal challenges against the new Trump administration. On issues ranging from dismantling the ...

The so-called One Big Beautiful Act allocates more than $170 billion over four years for border and interior enforcement, with a stated goal of deporting 1 million immigrants each year. That is more ...