Local election officials are concerned about the loss of federal support for election security and hope state and local governments will step in to fill the void. The rollback of federal support for ...

President Trump’s “massive and ongoing operation” against Iran violates the Constitution and our nation’s founding principles. The president acted unilaterally and lawlessly — without congressional ...

In June 2024, the Department of Justice released its fourth annual report assessing the impact and effectiveness of the First Step Act of 2018. This landmark legislation aimed to mitigate the harsh ...

There’s a lot to unpack in the bombshell announcement by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) last week that the CIA has been conducting a bulk collection program and searching through ...

On June 24, the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and holding that there is no constitutional right to an abortion. The ...

In 2020, 2022, and 2024, our nation held federal elections. Despite the pandemic, threats of violence, denial of results, and extraordinary pressure, these were secure and accurate. Election officials ...

Since spring of 2025, the Department of Justice has been attempting to sweep up voter rolls across the nation. That fight has extended to the courts, where the DOJ has filed lawsuits against 24 states ...

This past weekend, The New York Times published polls showing that public opinion about Supreme Court rulings often splits along party lines. There was one exception: By an 80–20 margin, respondents ...

This piece first appeared at Just Security. As Congress prepares to vote in April on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”), one of the main points of ...

Tech companies have taken important steps recently to help protect elections from AI, but more needs to be done to safeguard democracy. In Munich, companies including OpenAI, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, ...

A state’s judicial selection system can affect who ultimately becomes a judge, as well as the pressures judges face while serving. States have adopted a wide variety of systems. Common state judicial ...

Voter participation in federal elections from 2012 to 2022 averaged 11 percentage points less on tribal lands than in other parts of the states we studied. Turnout is lowest on tribal lands with the ...