A majority of the Supreme Court appeared deeply skeptical on Tuesday over efforts to curtail access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill ... Show more
What's More Frightening Than Kari Lake? A Deepfake Kari Lake: When it comes to elections, it is becoming increasingly clear that the biggest new threat in 2024 ...
commondreams.org/opinion/ai-deepfake-kari-lake
Biden calls on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act: In his State of the Union address Thursday evening, President Biden lambasted the rise in ...
thehill.com/homenews/administration/4517956-biden-calls-on-congress-to-pass-the-john-lewis-voting-rights-act/
Racial Turnout Gap Has Widened With a Weakened Voting Rights Act, Study Finds: The Black share of the electorate had been on the rise for decades ...
nytimes.com/2024/03/02/us/politics/racial-voting-turnout-gap.html
Alabama Supreme Court judge who concurred with controversial IVF ruling wins chief justice primary
nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/alabama-supreme-court-chief-justice-primary-gains-increased-attention-rcna141954
Our criminal injustice system harms us all | Opinion: "The degree of over-incarceration in America — and the corresponding societal harm — is a staggering ...
sun-sentinel.com/2024/02/01/our-criminal-injustice-system-harms-us-all-opinion/
Texas judicial races dominated by personal attacks, salacious claims: Attorney General Ken Paxton is getting involved in several Texas judicial races ...
houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/texas-supreme-court-judge-election-18696447.php
Since the 2020 election, state and local officials have faced a surge of threats.
A new report published by the Brennan Center for Justice lays out how this ... Show more
Trump: The Political Threats Will Stop … When You Agree With My Lies: Donald Trump warns there will be chaos if his criminal cases hurt his 2024 campaign ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-threats-2024-election-horror-show-1234953036/
Why Utah’s Supreme Court Chief Justice thinks judges should not be elected to the bench
sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/01/16/why-utahs-supreme-court-chief/
Homicides See Historic Decline In 2023 Despite Perceptions That Crime Is On The Rise
forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2023/12/29/homicides-see-historic-decline-in-2023-despite-perceptions-that-crime-is-on-the-rise/
California, New York in danger of seeing House delegations shrink further: California and New York could see their House delegations shrink on the basis of ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4369993-california-new-york-in-danger-of-seeing-house-delegations-shrink-further/
Abortion-rights debate to affect supreme court races in Pa., elsewhere: Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, voting rights and other issues will take ...
pennlive.com/elections/2023/12/abortion-rights-debate-to-affect-supreme-court-races-in-pa-elsewhere.html
Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too: This story also appeared in USA TODAY Subscribe on Google | Apple ...
publicintegrity.org/politics/high-courts-high-stakes/not-just-the-supreme-court-ethics-troubles-plague-state-high-courts-too/
Senate Passes $886 Billion Military Bill That Includes Mass Spying Extension: The measure now heads to the House, where the Congressional Progressive Caucus ...
commondreams.org/news/section-702-ndaa
Opinion | We Waited 200 Years for This Supreme Court Ethics Code?: The Supreme Court’s new ethics code lacks any teeth and is full of language too fuzzy to hold ...
nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opinion/supreme-court-ethics-code.html
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Implements Ethical Guidelines Without Enforcement
- Implementation of first ethical guidelines without enforcement by the Supreme Court.
- No significant new requirements; Compliance left entirely to each justice.
- Justices emphasize long-standing adherence to ethics standards and dismiss ethics criticism as misunderstanding.
- Recent support for ethical guidelines from three justices: Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Kagan.
Sandra Day O’Connor’s unfinished legacy of judicial election reform: For all the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s trailblazing accomplishments ...
reuters.com/legal/government/column-sandra-day-oconnors-unfinished-legacy-judicial-election-reform-2023-12-04/
Appeals court decision could limit enforcement of Voting Rights Act: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that private ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/20/voting-rights-act-lawsuit/
Quick Glance: Court Decision Challenges Voting Rights Enforcement
- The legal dispute focuses on who is allowed to enforce key provisions of the landmark civil rights law.
- The judge ruled that only the head of the Justice Department can bring Section 2 lawsuits.
- The dispute could be brought before the full 8th Circuit Court and ultimately to the Supreme Court.
- The Arkansas State Conference NAACP and the Arkansas Public Policy Panel filed a Section 2 lawsuit, arguing that it dilutes the voting power of Black people.
New worries over an old law have prompted calls for legislative change ahead of Trump's potential return to office trib.al/3GPNKUo
Pardon Recipients Seek to Sell Trump on His Own Sentencing Law: The Republican front-runner has a history of making racist statements, but some advisers think ...
nytimes.com/2023/11/18/us/politics/trump-criminal-justice-black-voters.html
Exposé of 'Scandalous' US Spying Sparks Calls for Congress to Act: "These new details add up to a horrifying picture that proves the need for Congress to.. ...
commondreams.org/news/mass-surveillance
Second Amendment rights for abusers? Justices seem skeptical.: On Tuesday, a majority of Supreme Court justices appeared dubious that the U.S ...
csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2023/1107/Second-Amendment-rights-for-abusers-Justices-seem-skeptical
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Gun Rights and Domestic Violence Case: Live Updates
nytimes.com/live/2023/11/07/us/supreme-court-guns-domestic-violence/guns-domestic-violence-polls
Supporters of Government Surveillance Reform Act Aim to End 'Litany of Abuse': "For too long, federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies have had ...
commondreams.org/news/fisa-section-702-reauthorization-actions
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Gun Rights and Domestic Violence Case: Live Updates
nytimes.com/live/2023/11/07/us/supreme-court-guns-domestic-violence
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority
Commentary: For many, court fees and fines put justice out of reach: Families often must decide whether or not to use money needed for food or rent or utilities ...
richmond.com/opinion/columnists/commentary-for-many-court-fees-and-fines-put-justice-out-of-reach/article_ce89399e-6e94-11ee-8e3c-cf08968779fd.html
Why Thousands Of Prisoners Could Be Spared Because Of A Supreme Court Case Over The Word ‘And’
forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/09/25/why-thousands-of-prisoners-could-be-spared-because-of-a-supreme-court-case-over-the-word-and/
Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach justice over donations, but conservatives also took party cash
apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-impeachment-abortion-f1d1dfd476325a00e9b99d4735b4b5ee
Quick Glance: Wisconsin Democrats fight threatened impeachment of court justice with $4M initiative
- The Wisconsin Democratic Party launched a $4 million initiative to pressure Republicans to halt the impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice.
- The justice was targeted after criticizing GOP-drawn legislative electoral maps and supporting abortion rights.
- The initiative aims to protect the Democrats' major political victory in electing Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
- According to Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, Republicans are holding a political 'nuclear football' in reference to impeachment.
America’s state supreme courts are looking less and less like America: The racial and ethnic makeup of state high court justices doesn't match the nation’s ...
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/06/state-supreme-courts-fall-behind-diversity/70723079007/
Our future depends on the confirmation of highly qualified and diverse judges now
thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4190408-our-future-depends-on-the-confirmation-of-highly-qualified-and-diverse-judges-now/
Election workers are being bombarded with death threats, the U.S. government says
pbs.org/newshour/politics/election-workers-are-being-bombarded-with-death-threats-the-u-s-government-says
Quick Glance: US Government Calls for Increased Protection as Election Workers Face Death Threats
- Experts express concern over the potential for even worse threats in the 2024 election and urge the Justice Department to enhance the security of election workers.
- Additional individuals are expected to plead guilty on Thursday for threatening election workers in Arizona and Georgia.
- Threats against election workers come in waves, often triggered by social media posts from prominent figures or blog posts on far-right websites.
- Liz Howard from the Brennan Center for Justice calls on the Justice Department to hire a senior adviser with established relationships with election officials to improve collaboration.
Trump’s kid-glove treatment highlights an unequal justice system : Poor and minority defendants get far different treatment.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/21/trump-justice-system-disparities/
Justice Department Faces Biggest Test In Its History With Election Conspiracy Case Against Trump
huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-faces-biggest-test-in-its-history-with-election-conspiracy-case-against-trump_n_64cebe36e4b0560dda038127
'What Authoritarianism Looks Like': Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Liberal Justice
commondreams.org/news/wisconsin-gop-supreme-court
Robin Vos proposed 'Iowa-style' redistricting for Wisconsin. What does that mean?
jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/13/wisconsin-redistricting-what-is-iowa-style-model-proposed-by-vos/70840624007/
Editorial: Feds ignore Bill of Rights when its convenient: According to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, “federal law enforcement and intelligence ...
bostonherald.com/2023/07/22/editorial-feds-ignore-bill-of-rights-when-its-convenient/
Trump faces difficult odds in documents case: Donald Trump faces a formidable task defending against charges that he illegally kept top-secret documents upon ...
reuters.com/legal/government/trump-faces-difficult-odds-classified-documents-case-2023-06-13/
Trump faces difficult odds in classified-documents case: Donald Trump faces a formidable task defending against charges that he illegally kept top-secret ...
reuters.com/legal/trump-faces-difficult-odds-classified-documents-case-2023-06-10/
Quick Glance: Florida Grand Jury Joins Probe into Trump's Classified Docs
- Federal prosecutors are presenting evidence to a grand jury in Miami as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.
- Several witnesses have testified before the Florida grand jury, with more expected in the coming days.
- The investigation previously relied on grand juries in Washington, D.C. It's unclear why the south Florida grand jury is now involved.
- However, a Florida court approved the warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, where Trump kept classified documents, and an assistant US attorney from Miami was present during the raid, according to CNN.
The Case for Supreme Court Term Limits: A new Brennan Center report outlines a solution to restore balance and accountability to our nation’s highest court: ...
brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/its-time-supreme-court-term-limits
US Spies Are Buying Americans' Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It: The National Defense Authorization Act now includes language that would forbid ...
wired.com/story/ndaa-2023-davidson-jacobs-fourth-amendment/
In major win for voting rights, Supreme Court sides with Black Alabamians: In one of the biggest rulings of this term so far, the Supreme Court upheld a key ...
csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2023/0608/In-major-win-for-voting-rights-Supreme-Court-sides-with-Black-Alabamians
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Trump Faces Difficult Odds In Classified Documents Case: Trump's greatest peril could lie in the conspiracy to obstruct justice charges, which carry a maximum ...
huffpost.com/entry/trump-difficult-odds-classified-documents-case_n_6485be52e4b048eb910fa8b1
The Supreme Court Confirms We Need to Protect Civil Rights | Opinion: he Supreme Court's decision, surprising as it is, shows that even the most conservative ...
newsweek.com/supreme-court-confirms-we-need-protect-civil-rights-opinion-1806789
At least 11 states have enacted restrictive voting laws this year, new report finds
cnn.com/2023/06/14/politics/restrictive-voting-laws-brennan-report/
Why the Supreme Court's Alabama election map decision was surprising to many: Michael Waldman, president NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, spoke to ABC News.
abcnews.go.com/US/supreme-courts-alabama-election-map-decision-surprising/story
The US Supreme Court Is Coming for Voting Rights—Again: A pending ruling on in Allen v. Milligan could be one of the most damaging yet by the supermajority of ...
commondreams.org/opinion/voting-rights-allen-v-milligan-supreme-court
How the SCOTUS 'Supermajority' is shaping policy on everything from abortion to guns
npr.org/2023/06/06/1180389289/supreme-court-supermajority-michael-waldman-abortion-guns
Florida seeks to scuttle voter registration lawsuit: In a dispute rooted in a 2018 constitutional amendment designed to restore voting rights for convicted ...
sun-sentinel.com/2023/06/20/florida-seeks-to-scuttle-voter-registration-lawsuit/
Clarence Thomas and his unreported gift vacations: The Supreme Court justice has found himself at the center of a sticky ethical dilemma
theweek.com/talking-point/1022574/should-clarence-thomas-face-consequences-for-hiding-his-gifted-vacations
Quick Glance: A divided court leaves the constitutional question at Guantánamo Bay unresolved
- The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concluded in a decision released Wednesday that the US may not be allowed to retain a guy imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay once he is no longer deemed a threat.
- Guantánamo housed 684 inmates at its peak in 2003).
- Any future appeals court decision on that subject could have ramifications for 16 additional inmates who remain at Guantánamo despite being approved for transfer.
- In 2008, the United States Supreme Court declared 5-4, overturning another Randolph ruling, that Guantánamo detainees have the right to challenge their detention in federal court.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas City Intel Agency Claims
theintercept.com/2023/04/11/how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-movie/
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“John Roberts Holds the Gavel but Clarence Thomas Holds the Power”: The Roberts Court is regressing in all the worst ways
slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2023/05/the-supreme-court-is-dividing-america
Tasked With Stopping Terror, Colorado’s Intel Agency Monitors Students Protesting Gun Violence
theintercept.com/2023/04/05/colorado-student-gun-violence-protest/
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Dan Kelly travels the state before Supreme Court election while Janet Protasiewicz is grounded by illness
jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/03/kelly-travels-protasiewicz-grounded-with-illness-in-election-windup/70075854007/
Quick Glance: The Supreme Court will not enforce a West Virginia law prohibiting transgender athletes from participating on girls' sports teams.
- According to the ACLU, 19 states have passed laws similar to West Virginia's in the last three years.
- However, no appeals court has yet to rule on the issue.
- Becky and her mother were represented by the ACLU, Lambda Legal, and private lawyers who appealed the ruling and won a preliminary order from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that prevents the law from being enforced while the appellate court considers her case.
- The appeals court's temporary order prompted West Virginia's attorney general to petition the Supreme Court for emergency relief.
In Wisconsin, Liberals Barrage Conservative Supreme Court Candidate With Attack Ads
nytimes.com/2023/03/15/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court.html
Business group pulls pro-Kelly Supreme Court ads featuring a rape victim's case: The victim at the center of the rape case depicted in the ads said the ...
jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/03/31/wmc-pulls-pro-kelly-supreme-court-ads-featuring-a-rape-victims-case/70069457007/
Insha Rahman: Bail reform is the solution we need to bring about safety and justice
chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-bail-reform-pretrial-fairness-act-illinois-safe-t-act-20230328-2jr4usgrbzdwvjk6dfws3os4bq-story.html
COINTELPRO 2.0: How the FBI Infiltrated BLM Protests After Police Murder of George Floyd
democracynow.org/2023/2/7/alphabet_boys_podcast_fbi_subterfuge
Former FBI agent Michael German joins Washington Post Live to discuss rising concerns about white supremacists targeting electric infrastructure and what he ... Show more
Vote for Democracy Now! to help increase their grant from CREDO: Every month, CREDO donates to the progressive causes you care about most.
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The FBI Paid a Violent Felon to Infiltrate Denver’s Racial Justice Movement: Mickey Windecker encouraged violence, accused activist leaders of being police ...
theintercept.com/2023/02/07/fbi-denver-racial-justice-protests-informant/
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How financial barriers stifle formerly incarcerated people: PHILADELPHIA — In the second year of J. Jondhi Harrell’s 20-year sentence, he began to contemplate ...
publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/finance/how-financial-barriers-stifle-formerly-incarcerated-people/
MLK Jr.’s dream not yet achieved, but still attainable, advocates say: Sixty years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech ...
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/legislation/civil-rights/3812797-mlk-jr-s-dream-not-yet-achieved-but-still-attainable-advocates-say/
2023’s Biggest, Most Unusual Race Centers on Abortion and Democracy: The election for a swing seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has huge policy stakes for the ...
nytimes.com/2023/01/25/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-election.html
Trump probes draw more notice. But Garland has boosted focus on civil rights.: President Biden's attorney general has significantly expanded the Justice ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/12/garland-civil-rights-justice-department/
New Illinois Supreme Court justices got major boost from hidden spending by Democratic group
chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-supreme-court-money-helps-dem-justices-20230204-gntd3tx6qbd47hbyxz7u5z6glu-story.html
Oklahoma has tried to lower its incarceration rate. But many obstacles face the newly released
pbs.org/newshour/nation/oklahoma-has-tried-to-lower-its-incarceration-rate-but-many-obstacles-face-the-newly-released
Kathy Adams: Utah not the only state where lawmakers are out to weaken the judiciary
sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/01/24/kathy-adams-utah-not-only-state/
"It starts with fixing the Electoral Count Act. Trump's loony reading of the creaky and outdated 19th-century law provided the foundation for his ...
commondreams.org/views/2022/12/22/how-make-sure-another-january-6-never-happens-again
There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself: There’s never been a better time to advance court reforms to the public.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/11/supreme-court-reform-expansion-term-limits-ethics/
Abortion Rights Were Decimated Across The US In 2022, But These People Showed The Fight For Access Isn’t Over
buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/abortion-rights-activism-roe-v-wade-2022
Supreme Court to consider fundamental change in elections authority: With the country deeply divided over whether to trust elections, North Carolina says the U.S ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/06/north-carolina-scotus-elections-state-legislatures/
Ex-Conservative Reverend Testifies That Samuel Alito Leaked Outcome Of 2014 Decision
huffpost.com/entry/schenck-alito-leak-supreme-court_n_639254d1e4b0804966aacf2e
Civil rights groups question Biden’s counterterrorism strategy: Civil rights advocates say the government is trying to combat domestic extremism and white ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/01/civil-rights-brennan-domestic-terror-white-supremacy/
Opinion | Midterm Voters Decisively Rejected Election Deniers: Is a durable majority for safe and secure elections emerging?
commondreams.org/views/2022/11/16/midterm-voters-decisively-rejected-election-deniers
A GOP-dominated NC Supreme Court reflects a national push to politicize state courts | Opinion
charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article270360687.html
How GOP state supreme court wins could change state policies and who runs Congress
npr.org/2022/11/22/1138344117/republican-state-supreme-court-abortion-voting-redistricting-ohio-north-carolina
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