Trump’s federal court appointees were virtually all white and all male, according to Andrew Cohen, Senior Editor for The Marshall Project and Brennen Center for Justice. And what do the […]
Li: Reform redistricting before it’s too late
Michael Li, Senior Counsel of the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice, calls voting rights “The Infrastructure of Democracy”, and worries that the proposed voting rights act, which […]
Li: Congress needs to act on gerrymandering NOW!
The state of Ohio, with almost an even split of Democrat and Republican voters, has 12 districts represented by Republican politicians and only 4 districts by Democrats, according to Michael […]
Right attempts to limit representation of minorities
The conservative right has concerns: the Latino, Black, and Asian population of the U. S. is growing faster than the Caucasian population, and this means lost votes. Their solution, to […]
Our digital data and our personal privacy
The 4th Amendment, protecting citizens from unreasonable search and seizures and providing a level of expectation of personal privacy, came about as a result of British control over the colonies. […]
Proposed overhauls to Wisconsin’s elections part of national tre...
Last week, Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers proposed sweeping overhauls to how the state conducts its elections. The six bills would change requirements for indefinitely confined voters, institute stricter voter ID laws […]