Voters and lawmakers across US move to reverse criminal justice ...

Criminal Justice Reform in the States: Spotlight on Legislatures

Many criminal justice reform efforts happen in state legislatures, far from the spotlight. This interactive page tracks major legislative developments ...

23-939 Trump v. United States (07/01/2024) - Supreme Court

Trump moved to dismiss the indictment based on Presidential immunity, arguing that a President has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution ...

Lawmakers worry 2020 will provide a blueprint for stealing a future ...

Officials fear that unless Congress changes the 19th century law controlling presidential elections, a future election could be overturned.

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced ...

Election Day updates: South Texas continues dramatic shift toward ...

Texas might not be a swing state, but many of its races will have major consequences to the national political landscape and on the lives of ...

Trump v. United States: Can presidents get away with anything?

Trump v. United States calls upon the U.S. Supreme Court to decide upon the future on presidential immunity.

ABA Legal Fact Check: Can the Electoral College be abolished?

Election season brings a renewed focus on the Electoral College, which ultimately picks the U.S. president, including questioning whether the practice ...

5 Ways Texas Suppresses the Vote — And How To Make Your Vote ...

Texas has a long history of voter suppression deeply intertwined with white supremacy. Learn about these five obstacles when casting your ...

Bans on Transgender Youth Participation in Sports

Laws to ban transgender youth from participating in school sports, most frequently in K-12 schools but sometimes including in college.

Republicans clinch 218 seats in U.S. House, scoring trifecta control ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans will hold on to their majority in the U.S. House and regain control of the Senate when Congress convenes in January ...

The State Legislatures: Several Key Battleground Chambers ...

In our second and most likely final pre-election handicapping of state legislature control of the 2024 cycle, we find 13 chambers that are ...

Four areas where Trump's policies and WA's priorities could clash

President-elect Donald Trump is planning on taking the country in a different direction than Democratically led Washington state.

Voters approve most abortion-rights measures in flurry of ballot ...

Voters backed the right to an abortion in at least six of the 10 states where the question was on the ballot Tuesday.

Republican efforts to restrict voting following the 2020 presidential ...

Following the 2020 United States presidential election and the unsuccessful attempts by Donald Trump and various other Republican officials to overturn it, ...

Louisiana lawmakers consider making it easier to sentence more ...

The constitutional amendment, proposed by Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, would strike that specific list from a juvenile justice provision ...

Election Highlights: Trump Chooses Lead Campaign Adviser for ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump named Susie Wiles as his chief of staff, turning to his top political aide to fill the critical post when he ...

It's Impossible to Overstate the Damage Done by the Supreme Court ...

The effects of the high court's rulings will be enduring and almost impossible to overturn without a serious reckoning by Democratic lawmakers.

Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective | HRW

The United States is an outlier nation in that it strips voting rights from millions of citizens[1] solely on the basis of a criminal conviction.

Proposition 47's Impact on California's Criminal Justice System | KQED

It's a major shift from a decade ago when voters approved the initiative to lower many drug possession and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

California voters approve strengthening penalties for certain crimes

California voters have overwhelmingly approved strengthening penalties for certain theft and drug crimes. They also ousted Los Angeles ...