The Trump Administration Is Turning Local Police Into ICE Agents
An unpopular provision in a decades-old law lets ICE collaborate with state and local police by delegating to them the authority to enforce immigration rules.
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Maine Republicans Are Asking Voters to Restrict Their Own Rights
In November, Mainers will be faced with a ballot initiative that would radically restrict voting rules in the state, and which is modeled after restrictive voting laws passed in Ohio, Georgia and elsewhere.
Trump’s Voter Suppression Tactics Align U.S. With Overseas Dictators
Democracy advocates fear that Rubio’s order, which ends the longstanding bipartisan support for promoting free and fair elections globally, will result in the United States only condemning electoral irregularities in countries ideologically opposed to the Trump administration.
SCOTUS May Let the GOP Gerrymander Black Southerners Out of Congress
If recent Supreme Court decisions are any hint, our nation’s highest court won’t be stepping in to protect voters of color.
How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP
In decision after decision, it became clear that the Republican justices have gerrymandered the law to generate a bunch of legal rules that fit pretty neatly into the Republican Party’s preferences.
As Republicans Attack Elections, State & Local Officials Must Defend Democracy
Democracy will only continue to thrive as long as patriotic Americans — including state and local officials of all parties — defend it.
Trump’s Spat with the Federalist Society Signals a Heightened Threat to the Rule of Law
This squabble may seem like the kind of political theatre we’re used to from Trump, but coupled with other actions by his administration, it signals a new level of intentional attack on the rule of law.
SCOTUS Says Human Rights Should Be Left to the Same ‘Democratic Process’ it Undermined
Justice Roberts’ determination that he will leave policy involving queer people to the “democratic process” is nothing more than a mirage.
Pardoning Corrupt Sheriff, Trump Undermines Democracy Again
Jenkins’s pardon was another move by the Trump administration to reward political loyalty and give his blessing to elected officials who profit at the expense of public trust.
A Holocaust Survivor on Why Standing up to Authoritarianism Matters
And as I listened to Kurt Goldschmidt softly recall the dark and distant past the other day by the roadside in White Plains, it was important to realize that he has seen this — and where it can lead — before.
