Monday marks two decades since John Roberts became chief justice, during which time public trust in the high court has ...

For years private prison companies have been an important partner for ICE as the government carries out its immigration agenda.

The Trump administration’s reported authorization of 600 military lawyers to act as temporary immigration judges would ...

The administration’s plans to fight crime by dictating state bail policy or deploying the National Guard won’t build ...

A half-century eroded those constraints. The Supreme Court gutted the campaign finance laws and narrowed the definition of ...

Shifts in congressional process, rising violence and distortions of money in politics render making change even harder for ...

Supreme Court watchers preview pivotal cases on voting rights, fair representation, and presidential power. This year’s ...

In gun cases, more than in other areas of constitutional law, Supreme Court justices increasingly rely on legal scholarship. Nearly seven years later, Amar’s prediction has largely come true — but ...

The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law. This nearly 150-year-old law embodies an American tradition that ...

Since May, the Justice Department has sent demands to at least 36 states for copies of their statewide voter registration files. The Civil Rights Division is asking for troves of confidential voter ...

The Brennan Center publishes extensive research on the effects of dark money in politics, including its effects in state and local elections, risks to judicial independence, and the threat of foreign ...

Elizabeth “Liza” Goitein is senior director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program. Goitein is a nationally recognized expert on presidential emergency powers, government ...