The hundreds of legal challenges to executive actions expose the administration’s efforts to seize legislative authority.

The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money ...

Today the Brennan Center published a study by the journalist Anna Massoglia. She found that dark money groups spent almost $2 ...

As of Thursday, the FEC Can’t Enforce Campaign Finance Laws — and That’s Only One of Its Problems The Federal Election Commission needs its ability to function restored, without sacrificing its ...

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has canceled more than $810 million in grants already awarded in recent ...

Wendy Weiser, VP for Democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, had the following comment on the death of Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter: “Justice Souter was humble and fiercely ...

Tonight Governor of Maryland Wes Moore gave the following keynote address upon receiving a 2025 Legacy Award at an annual dinner held in New York City by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. The ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Receive it in your inbox. The first hundred days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by power grabs, ...