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Voter ID Laws: Silencing the American People

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Brennan Center, Jim Crow, Voter ID Laws, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Voter ID, Politics News

Voter ID laws are the icing on the cake when it comes to public officials shutting Americans out of the decision-making process, silencing dissent, and making sure that those in power stay in power.

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Did NYPD Spying On Muslims Violate The Law?

ProPublica | Justin Elliott | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Brennan Center, Nypd, Nypd Muslim Surveillance, Faiza Patel, Ray Kelly, Cia, Ny News, Nypd Scandals, Nypd Demographics Unit, Justice Department, New York News, Nypd Spying, Eric Holder, New York News

Last August, the Associated Press launched a series detailing how the New York Police Department has extensively investigated Muslims in New York an...

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Can Occupy Overturn Citizens United? "Dear 99%ers..."

Mark Green | Posted 02.13.2012

Nothing could enhance American democracy more than if Occupy Wall Street helped enact the 28th Constitutional Amendment to end the pretense that corporations are people who speak with money. The 99% can stop the privatization of government.

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UPDATE: Democrats Get Enough Signatures To Overturn Ohio Voting Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Ohio Voting Rights, Issue 2, Referendum, Same-Day Voter Registration, Ohio Politics, Brennan Center, Ohio Issue 2, Video, Ohio Referendum, Election Laws, Ohio-Legislature, Early Voting, Voting Rights, State and Local Government, John Kasich, Ohio Early Voting, Politics News

Democrats and progressives in Ohio have just over a week to gather 10,000 more petition signatures to force a referendum to overturn the state's contr...

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Colorado Tops Country in Bad Treatment of Some Registered Voters

Jason Salzman | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Jonathan Brater, Scott Gessler, Inactive Voters, Colorado Voting, Colorado Mail in Ballots, Mail-in Ballots, Denver News

It seems crazy that in Colorado, you won't necessarily get a ballot in the mail, like other good and decent registered voters, if you missed voting in just one election.

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Both Sides Now: War On Fraud Or Voters? GOP 'Fight Club'?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 10.23.2011

Read More: Fight Club, Both Sides Now, Ron Reagan, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Mary Matalin, Mormans, Rick Perry, Voter ID, Brennan Center, Gaddafi, David Gergen, Cnn, Newt Gingrich, Dorothy Cooper, Politics News

Matalin and Reagan differ on Voter ID laws that could undermine the right to vote. And will Obama win future GOP debates if Romney and Perry continue to audition for Fight Club?

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Dems Fear Voter Suppression Could Cost Them 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Dscc, Video, Acorn, Voter Registration, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats alarmed by reports that new voter laws could bar some five million people from the polls are launching an ambitious onl...

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New Photo ID, Citizenship, Registration Laws Could Impact 5 Million Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Brennan Center for Justice, State Election Law, Elections 2012, Brennan Center Voting Laws, Rick Perry, Voting Rights Laws, Brennan Center, Brennan Center Voting Study, Rick Scott, Video, Election Laws, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2012 Election, Voter Registration, Local Voting Laws, Kris Kobach, John Kasich, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- According to a new report, over five million voters could be denied the right to vote under new laws adopted in a dozen states. The s...

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Stemming the Tide of Secret Corporate Money

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russ Feingold, Karl Rove, Common Buase, President Obama, Public Citizen, George Soros, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Brennan Center, Afscme, George Will, David Brooks, John Kerry, Peter DeFazio, Constitutional Amendment, Fec, Politics News

When historians look back on the 2010 election, it will be remembered for three things -- a bad economy, the rise of the Tea Party, and the undertow of anonymous corporate money. Time for a pro-democracy Tea Party.

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Budget: Late, Unbalanced

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, New York State Assembly, New York State Budget, New York State Senate, New York News

New York State lived up to its reputation, first reported six years ago by the Brennan Center for Justice, as having "the most dysfunctional legislature in the United States."

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Disclose Now!

Bill de Blasio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, John Paul Stevens, Investing, Corporate Governance, Campaign Finance Reform, New York City Employees' Retirement System, Shareholder-Resolutions, Citizens United, Citizens United Decision, Corporate Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Nycers, New York News

After Citizens United, we need to use every available avenue to hold corporations and their boards of directors accountable for their political spending.

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A First Amendment Litmus Test?

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, First Amendment, Mitch McConnell, Citizens United, Elena Kagan, Politics News

By Monica Youn, Attorney, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law The phrase "First Amendment thought police" may seem a contradiction in ter...

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Lack of Legal Help: One More Way the Deck Is Stacked Against Homeowners

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Brennan Center, Foreclosure Crisis, Crime, Brennan Center Foreclosure Study, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Brennan Center Foreclosures, Business News

As bad as America's foreclosure crisis is -- and it's very bad, with over 300,000 homes receiving a foreclosure filing every month -- it's being made even more devastating by the lack of legal assistance available to beleaguered homeowners. READ MORE More HuffPost Game Changers: Politics and Style Announcing My First Pick for the HuffPost Book Club: In Praise of Slowness Attention Fellow Book Lovers: HuffPost's New Books Section Is Here WATCH: Arianna Discusses Race Relations, Letterman Scandal On Joy Behar Show

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Sue 'Em Back to the Stone Age: The RNC Files Suit to Reverse the Small Donor Revolution

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Campaign Finance Reform, Rnc, Small Donor Revolution, McCain Feingold, Citizens United, Obama Small Donors, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Last week, a panel of the D.C. federal court heard arguments in a case where the RNC is seeking to turn back the clock to a time before Obama's "small-donor revolution."

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Activist?

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Orrin Hatch, Judicial Activism, Second-Circuit-Court-of-Appeals, Sonia Sotomayor, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News

In all the hullabaloo about so-called "judicial activism," wouldn't it be refreshing to hear some questions about "judicial passivism" as well?

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Sexism & the Supreme Court Nominee

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Supreme Court, David Souter, Diversity, Sexism, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Politics News

Even before the nominee was announced, there were already hints of bias against female candidates. Gender stereotypes appear to animate these critiques.

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Just Say No to Federal Funding For Drug War

Bill Piper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Aclu, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Drug Policy Alliance, National African-American Drug Policy Coalition, National Council of La Raza, Drugs, National Black Police Association, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program, Rick Perry, Politics News

Congress has yet again renewed the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program, a federal law enforcement grant program that is feeding the war on drugs and fueling racial disparities, police corruption, and civil rights abuses.

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