At the same time, Trump continues to blare that crime is rampant and immigrants are to blame. As he defunds violence prevention programs that work, he is pouring resources into a drive to detain and ...

The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or “SAVE,” program was designed to help states verify the citizenship and immigration status of people applying for government benefits. Some state ...

Instead, the justices found another path — a sneakier one. Repeatedly, they have let Trump amass vast new power, and they ...

On July 1, Congress passed a budget bill that gives an unprecedented $45 billion for building new immigration detention ...

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Citizens United unleashed unlimited spending in our elections, and groups can now spend hundreds of millions without disclosing their sources of funding. We advocate for greater transparency in ...

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 interpretation of the Constitution that undercuts workers’ ability to organize and act collectively is wrong because it impairs their ability to participate equally in social, economic, and ...

While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force ...

Since the 2020 election, the election denial movement has led rogue local officials to refuse to fulfill their mandatory duty to certify election results. Efforts to interfere with certification ...

Today, thanks to Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United, big money dominates political campaigns to a degree not seen in decades. Super PACs allow billionaires to pour unlimited amounts into ...

Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a conservative administration, proposed a number of actions that would transform criminal justice policy at the federal level. They are likely to ...