WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU asked “Will courts allow more transparency?” in a story about legal threats to transparency and disclosure laws that appeared in Politico.
LANSING, Michigan—The Michigan Campaign Finance Network release a report that showed the money-in-politics sector remained robust through the 2007-2008 election cycle despite Michigan’s recessionary economy. The report found top Michigan PACs…
NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Justice at Stake Campaign: This special report shows how five midwestern states—Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin—have become caught up in America’s “New Politics of Judicial Elections.” Download the press release …
WASHINGTON, DC -- Special interest pressure is metastasizing into a permanent national threat to the fairness and impartiality of America’s courts, according to a major new report from the Justice at Stake Campaign and its partners, the Brennan Center for…
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Stateline.org has released their 2012 State of the States report. The report touches on the issues and stories that will take center stage around the country in state governments this year. Included here are…
The Brennan Center for Justice released an updated and expanded “A Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting” to include recent court decisions as well as the latest changes to…
Three of five Midwest Democracy Network states are projected to lose congressional seats after this year’s census, according to a recent study.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. released Independent Redistricting Commissions: Reforming Redistricting Without Reversing Progress Toward Racial Equality.The report provides an overview of independent redistricting commissions and examines their potential impact on minority voting rights and notes…
The Rose Institute released a report surveying the legislative and congressional redistricting process of each America’s state.Minnesota and Wisconsin fall under the “standard legislative process.” District lines are typically drawn in committee, passed by both…
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
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