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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

The justices consider tossing a decades-old tool to fight racial discrimination when it comes to fair representation. Celebrated as a crowning legislative achievement of the civil rights era, the ...