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

On November 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case testing the limits of presidential emergency powers. At issue is whether a president may use the International Emergency Economic ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.