The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.

The law disproportionately affected people of color and made them less likely to vote in future elections.

Sixty years ago this month, the Senate passed the Voting Rights Act, a historic breakthrough in a chamber long dominated by ...

For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under ...

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ...

Last week in the Oval Office, the president was peeved when a reporter shared an acronym apparently used on Wall Street: TACO ...

The president is wrong about what an invasion is — and what powers it triggers. The truth turned out to be worse. Trump’s migration-as-invasion theory permeates his executive orders and other ...

On March 25, 2025, the president issued an executive order titled Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The executive order, among other things, directs the Election ...

Federal law limits the use of troops on American soil, but loopholes invite abuse. Congress and the states must act.

White racial resentment — and not just party and competitiveness alone — goes a long way toward explaining where restrictive voting laws were introduced and passed in 2021. This study has been ...

As threats mount against election workers and infrastructure, federal agencies can and must act. Since the 2020 election, lawmakers, advocates, and other public leaders have widely recognized that our ...