The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.

The law disproportionately affected people of color and made them less likely to vote in future elections.

For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under ...

Sixty years ago this month, the Senate passed the Voting Rights Act, a historic breakthrough in a chamber long dominated by ...

Last week in the Oval Office, the president was peeved when a reporter shared an acronym apparently used on Wall Street: TACO ...

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ...

In his new book, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy, law professor Richard L. Hasen proposes steps to restore voters’ confidence ahead of the 2020 election ...

The results that you see on election night coverage are not final and official results. They are instead a combination of unofficial results reported by election officials and news organization ...

Federal law limits the use of troops on American soil, but loopholes invite abuse. Congress and the states must act.

As threats mount against election workers and infrastructure, federal agencies can and must act. Since the 2020 election, lawmakers, advocates, and other public leaders have widely recognized that our ...

The Court is considering cases about the Second Amendment, EPA regulations to limit climate change, and the separation of church and state. This will be the first full Supreme Court term with a ...

On March 25, 2025, the president issued an executive order titled Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The executive order, among other things, directs the Election ...