A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must ...

But Chicago and Illinois could go even further. The crackdown is not only against immigrants but also against activists ...

A venture capitalist and former White House science adviser discusses the impact of the Trump administration’s attempted ...

Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest ...

The Constitution gives Congress the power to set tariffs. Congress can delegate aspects of that power to presidents and has ...

If the Court blesses the president’s use of emergency powers to evade Congress, the consequences would be profound.

This violence distorts who gets elected and how they interact with constituents. It can also influence how they vote on ...

While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so. Only weeks after federal immigration raids set off chaos in ...

Over the past few years, the Supreme Court has dramatically expanded the use of its “shadow docket,” a previously rarely used procedure for certain emergency decisions. Normally, the Court decides ...

Public concerns about election security spiked following revelations about foreign interference with the 2016 presidential election. One way to confirm whether votes are recorded and tallied ...

Ames Grawert is senior counsel and John L. Neu Justice Counsel in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. He leads quantitative and policy research focused on trends in crime and the collateral costs of ...