In an unprecedented year so far for voting legislation, 19 states have enacted 33 laws that will make it harder for Americans to vote. Editor’s note: A recap of 2021’s voting laws as well as a look at ...

Since May, the Trump administration has been on a quest to collect complete voter files from almost every state. Most states have refused the Justice Department’s unprecedented demands for the data, ...

Update: On April 10, 2025, the House passed the SAVE Act. However, the bill failed to advance in the Senate amid nationwide public opposition. In January 2026, lawmakers in both the House and Senate ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The late 19th century was a dismal time in American politics. Corruption ran rampant. Congress ...

The 20 years since 9/11 have seen sweeping changes to how we think about national security and go about protecting it. Some of the changes, like increased intelligence sharing among executive branch ...

This article first appeared in Just Security. In the 1970s, congressional investigators revealed that the FBI, NSA, and CIA had spent decades illegally surveilling and harassing the civil rights and ...

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court considered the question of whether Louisiana’s “intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or ...

Many things propelled Donald Trump’s election victory. Inflation. A worldwide anti-incumbent backlash. Anger at institutions. A swing to the right among working-class voters of all racial backgrounds.

Americans head to the polls this fall in arguably the most important election in modern history. More than just a contest between candidates or parties, the 2024 general election will decide the ...

False claims have eroded trust in elections and provoked a wave of anti-voter laws. The Brennan Center offers recommendations for how to fight back. Election deniers are working to undermine ...

With its latest gerrymandering decision, the Court is creating a political system primed for distortion and deeper division. You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly ...

For over a century, the Enforcement Acts have protected the civil rights guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments from infringement by extremist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Project 2025, ...