The political prosecution of a presidential enemy has left the government with a seemingly unwinnable case — and a justice system tainted by politics.

For years private prison companies have been an important partner for ICE as the government carries out its immigration agenda.

Not only is the term “insurrection” a wild exaggeration to describe the protests in Portland, but it’s also an obvious wink to the Insurrection Act. That law, last amended in the 1870s, gives ...

The Trump administration’s reported authorization of 600 military lawyers to act as temporary immigration judges would deprive immigrants of a fair hearing and further erode the line between the ...

Monday marks two decades since John Roberts became chief justice, during which time public trust in the high court has plunged to record lows, according to polls. In many ways, these coming months ...

The Supreme Court’s so-called shadow docket for emergency motions has played an outsized role in legal challenges against the new Trump administration. On issues ranging from dismantling the ...

70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters — a disparity that will worsen with new restrictive voting laws. In the 2020 election, voter turnout surged ...

Since May, the Justice Department has sent demands to at least 38 states for copies of their statewide voter registration files. The Civil Rights Division is asking for troves of confidential voter ...

The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law. This nearly 150-year-old law embodies an American tradition that ...

The Brennan Center publishes extensive research on the effects of dark money in politics, including its effects in state and local elections, risks to judicial independence, and the threat of foreign ...

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On the surface, the 2024 fight between Democrats and Republicans to control the House resulted in continuation of the status quo. In 2022, Republicans won a net of nine Democratic seats to gain a ...