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Instead, the justices found another path — a sneakier one. Repeatedly, they have let Trump amass vast new power, and they have done so without putting their names on it. They are proving willing ...
On July 1, Congress passed a budget bill that gives an unprecedented $45 billion for building new immigration detention ...
Police departments are using social media to monitor activists and protesters and to conduct criminal investigations, with few controls. We’re pushing for more oversight.
Local election officials are concerned about the loss of federal support for election security and hope state and local governments will step in to fill the void.
The interpretation of the Constitution that undercuts workers’ ability to organize and act collectively is wrong because it ...
The administration’s militarized immigration crackdown is eroding civil liberties — and it comes amid ICE’s resistance to ...
While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force ...
Sean Morales-Doyle is the director of the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. He advocates for pro-voter reforms such as automatic voter registration and voting rights restoration ...
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned, “No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may ...