The Court’s conservative majority used outdated examples to say the racial gap in voter turnout has closed, but in reality, ...

His tenure has included multiple ethics scandals, as well as votes that helped roll back voting rights and ushered in ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to destroy what remained of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais will take every ...

Restoring key privacy protections will benefit both national security and civil liberties. Six weeks after the attacks of 9/11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. The 131-page law was enacted ...

Police quotas don’t make communities safer — they prevent officers from focusing on larger public safety issues. As some local police leadership says, “get your numbers up,” and you’ll be rewarded ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. As the war in the Middle East launched by President Trump continues to unfold, the president ...

New research shows that a restrictive voting law in Texas made people less likely to vote for at least two years after having a mail ballot application or ballot rejected. As we showed in 2022, the ...

During the 2021 redistricting cycle, self-interested politicians continuously gerrymandered voting districts despite attempts by the Ohio Supreme Court to help implement fair maps. The current ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. For months, we have warned of a drive by President Trump and his administration to undermine ...

Efforts to secure full political representation for the District of Columbia have gained momentum, but obstacles remain. The nearly 700,000 residents of Washington, DC, do not have full voting ...

Redistricting is the process, every ten years, in which states redraw their congressional and legislative district maps. This process occurs nationwide, ostensibly to better reflect the most recent ...

On the surface, the 2024 fight between Democrats and Republicans to control the House resulted in continuation of the status quo. In 2022, Republicans won a net of nine Democratic seats to gain a ...