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Brennan Center
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Just in time for Independence Day, the Supreme Court brings us closer to having a king again.
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We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all.
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Brennan Center
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Just in time for Independence Day, the Supreme Court brings us closer to having a king again.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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"The Court has basically created a roadmap for future illegality and insurrection."
I got on camera with NY1 to explain the deep anti-democracy of the Supreme Court's immunity opinion
ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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The Supreme Court's immunity ruling is not a serious opinion for a serious democracy. It is an epochal dereliction of duty.
My latest on the Supreme Court's apologia for insurrection @brennancenter.bsky.social
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Quinn Yeargain
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The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of gender-affirming care bans in Skrmetti—but state courts are already deciding these questions! In my latest for @brennancenter.bsky.social's State Court Report, I explain the status of, and need for, state litigation over these questions.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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SCOTUS just eliminated Chevron in its continued assault on the government's power to solve problems.
And it's butchered history (again). If you're wondering just how, click on over to Gautham Rao.
Then read our brief that anticipated a lot of this: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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SCOTUS’s opinion in Vidal v. Elster = rich text for the Court’s originalist turn. Lots of scuffling about how/if to use history. Barrett with scorching anti-originalist commentary. Sotomayor tag-teaming. All told, more signs of rifts in the originalist consensus. ⬇️🧵@brennancenter.bsky.social
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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Read the brief that Lawrence O'Donnell featured on The Last Word last night in the 🧵⬇️ Another product of @brennancenter.bsky.social Historians Council on the Constitution!
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Joanne Freeman
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Hey folks:
I'm one of a group of founding era historians who signed on to an amicus brief for the Supreme Court concerning presidential immunity (and the many ways in which it makes no sense.). It was released to the public today.
You can read it here: www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
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Brennan Center
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The Supreme Court’s delay in resolving Trump’s immunity claim threatens to give him a pass on his attempts to overturn the election. The country needs a ruling soon after the Court’s April 25 oral argument — voters and our democracy depend on it. 6/6
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Brennan Center
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Granting Trump immunity would imperil our democratic system by allowing presidents to deny the outcomes of democratic elections, even by violence. Voters should decide who is president and presidents should support the peaceful transfer of power. 5/6
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Brennan Center
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History didn’t stop in 1791. We’ve known ever since that ex-presidents could be indicted if they committed crimes. Just ask Gerald Ford when he pardoned Richard Nixon. (Or ask Nixon when he accepted the pardon.) 4/6
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Brennan Center
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The framers didn’t want another king. James Iredell, one of the first justices, said, “If [the President] commits any misdemeanor in office, he is impeachable... If he commits any crime, he is punishable by the laws of his country, and in capital cases may be deprived of his life.” 3/6
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Brennan Center
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Certain basic truths define American democracy: voters choose the president, presidents respect the peaceful transition of power, and no person is above the law. Top historians agree: Trump’s immunity claims flaunt all of those principles. 2/6
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Brennan Center
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BREAKING: Today, we filed a brief in Trump v. United States requesting the justices reject the former president’s claims of immunity from criminal prosecution. American law has recognized from the beginning that presidents can be prosecuted. 1/6 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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The weight of history is against Trump in his bid for immunity from prosecution for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Today 15 historians—including 7 members of @brennancenter.bsky.social Historians Council on the Constitution—filed a SCOTUS brief making exactly that point. ⬇️🧵
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Center for Democracy & Technology
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We've been highly engaged in development of OMB's guidance, working w/ ACLU, @brennancenter.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social, & others to file comments on ways to ensure algorithmic decision-making employed by agencies & in federally funded programs is safe/equitable. cdt.org/insights/civ...
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Matthew Segal
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Together with my ACLU colleague Bridget Lavender, I wrote for @brennancenter.bsky.social's #StateCourtReport about the use of rap lyrics against criminal defendants: statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
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Jen Ahearn
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Latest in the ongoing efforts to end judge-shopping: the Judicial Conference’s new policy fails its first test as NDTX, source of major concern, explicitly defies its recommendations.
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Brennan Center
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This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating trailblazers in politics. Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968 and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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For more on the nonsense in Trump's immunity claim, you should check out this @brennancenter.bsky.social event with @earlymodjustice.bsky.social and others...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4X...
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Kevin Morris
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In this morning's NYT, a nice write-up of our @brennancenter.bsky.social study alongside Mike Podhorzer's analysis from yesterday, showing the devastating effects of Shelby County
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Brennan Center
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Misdemeanor enforcement in NYC is concentrated in low-income Black and Latino communities — increasing their social disadvantages and draining government resources. Our report highlights the need for alternatives to reduce crime and build public safety:
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Brennan Center
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Election deniers in Wisconsin made no pretense of following election law — and they got caught. But wealthy donors who exercise a bit more caution can easily exploit loopholes toward the same ends.
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Brennan Center
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Random case assignment serves as a bulwark against the undue influence of political agendas on our courts. The Judicial Conference needs to cement this policy in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Brennan Center
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In an era when women are still under-represented in politics, our research found that local and state officeholders are experiencing rampant intimidation, threats, and other abuse — with women experiencing the worst of it. This is damaging to democracy:
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Brennan Center
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This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating trailblazers in politics. Nancy Pelosi was the first woman elected speaker of the House in 2007. We salute her commitment to making U.S. democracy more inclusive.
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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Trump's brief asserting his immunity from prosecution is in. And it's shocking.
Former presidents aren't kings. Trump missed the memo. And, by the memo, I mean the Constitution.
Let's walk through some of the more off-the-wall parts of this filing @brennancenter.bsky.social ⬇️🧵
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Tom “T.M.” Wolf
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⏰Trump claims to be absolutely immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
His argument isn't just dangerous. It's wrong.
Historians @earlymodjustice.bsky.social and Rosemarie Zagarri explain the ridiculousness of it:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Brennan Center
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The racial turnout gap in voting has grown alongside a wave of new restrictive voting laws — 100 in the last decade, in at least 29 states.
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Jen Ahearn
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For those who have been following the (surprisingly active!) saga around the Judicial Conference's policy change last week to address the problem of judge-shopping (brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...), a few thoughts on where we go from here: 1/x
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Quinn Yeargain
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Local prosecutors declined to pursue "election fraud" cases brought by Florida's election police. Instead, the Statewide Prosecutor is doing so—which Bob Williams and I argue he has no authority to do under the Florida Constitution. From us in @brennancenter.bsky.social's #StateCourtReport:
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Brennan Center
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The Supreme Court will hear a case today that is part of an effort to silence those working to identify and counter election falsehoods. Their decision could make democracy more secure, or make it harder to protect.
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Alicia Bannon
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This week the federal courts took a big step to limit judge-shopping in cases involving national/statewide issues. My
@brennancenter.bsky.social colleagues Alice Clapman & Jen Ahearn along w/ Prof. Amanda Shanor explain why this is a significant policy change. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Brennan Center
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Election deniers want to exploit the cracks in the voter registration system to challenge legitimate registrations, initiate mass purges, and shade the rolls in their favor.
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Brennan Center
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Before 2013, states with a history of voting discrimination had to get federal approval before they made changes to their voting laws. Here’s how “preclearance” worked and why we need it back:
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Brennan Center
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Election deniers want to exploit the cracks in the voter registration system to challenge legitimate registrations, initiate mass purges, and shade the rolls in their favor.
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Brennan Center
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The lack of evidence showing a connection between bail reform and rising crime rates didn’t stop rollbacks of New York's bail reform law. But the law still manages to address inequities in the criminal justice system.
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Brennan Center
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The Supreme Court is broken. It’s time for term limits. Staggered 18-year terms would ensure that no justice has too much power for too long.
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Brennan Center
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At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, Senator Booker discussed our latest findings on growing racial disparities in voter turnout. Read our latest research: bit.ly/49ASrHI
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Brennan Center
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One legacy of the 2020 election is the politicization of bipartisan election administrative tools like the Electronic Registration Information Center, aka ERIC. Now election deniers are pushing flawed replacements that could disenfranchise voters.
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Brennan Center
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The racial turnout gap in voting grew twice as fast in places formerly protected by a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Tell Congress to end racial discrimination at the ballot box and pass the VRAA.
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Cory Haala
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This is happening in 30 minutes! If you'd like to join the @brennancenter.bsky.social livestream and hear a little about voter registration drives, particularly among Native voters in the Midwest, check it out: brennan.swoogo.com/turnoutgap/
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Brennan Center
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Before 2013, states with a history of voting discrimination had to get federal approval before they made changes to their voting laws. Here’s how “preclearance” worked and why we need it back:
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Cory Haala
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It's amazing to learn from all this work on the Racial Turnout Gap in the 21st Century @brennancenter.bsky.social!
I'm here talking (tmrw) about Midwest voter gaps and how, via voter registration, activists won elections f/state house to Senate! Register/livestream/join the conference here:
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Brennan Center
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Read the full report on racial disparities in voter turnout:
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Brennan Center
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"The case is strong. There are disparities in voting. Efforts to make it more difficult to vote are harmful, detrimental. The case is really strong that our democracy is stronger when everyone participates. It's not a partisan story. It's a democracy story." -Bernard L. Fraga at RTG2024
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Brennan Center
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If the racial voter turnout gap didn’t exist, nearly 14 million additional ballots would have come from voters of color in 2022.
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Kevin Morris
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I'm a big old goober who probably likes democracy and political science (polisky) a little too much, but I'm SO EXCITED to welcome so many of you to @brennancenter.bsky.social 's #RTG2024 this week. For those who can't join in person, remember the Livestream here!
brennan.swoogo.com/turnoutgap/
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Brennan Center
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Total voter turnout in Florida, New Mexico, and Texas would have been more than eight points higher in 2022 if Latinos had voted at the same rate as white voters.
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