Yet at year’s end, there’s reason for hope. The laws of political gravity have not been repealed. Abuse has been met with ...

Ames Grawert is senior counsel and John L. Neu Justice Counsel in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. He leads quantitative and policy research focused on trends in crime and the collateral costs of ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...

While the executive order has created uncertainty for the many states that have passed artificial intelligence policies to ...

Today, the Court is spotty in its application of this newfangled theory. Trump v. United States, which granted presidents ...

Gowri Ramachandran is the director of elections and security in the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program. Her work focuses on election security, election administration, and combating ...

Originalism is now a common feature of constitutional litigation. Throughout the federal courts — and, to a lesser extent, the state courts — judges are resolving major legal questions with reference ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The 2026 election will take place in a political system that is divided, ...

For a generation, presidential races were blowouts. Every winner between 1980 and 1996 triumphed by at least 37 electoral college votes. It was a calmer time for U.S. elections. Landslides relegated ...