Noncitizen voting lies, explained
Viral lies about noncitizen voting are straight out of the election subversion playbook.
September 10, 2024
Judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ as unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds (opens a new window)
“[This is] a powerful reminder that the First Amendment cannot be warped to serve the interests of elected officials,” read a statement from counsel Shalini Goel Agarwal of Protect Democracy, which represented the plaintiffs in this case.
NetChoice explained: How SCOTUS wisely avoided two extreme approaches to regulating social media
NetChoice walks a careful line at the intersection between the First Amendment and the internet — and in so doing, sounds a hopeful note for this area of jurisprudence.
July 26, 2024
The civil service, explained
The civil service is the civilian workforce of the U.S. federal government, currently numbering about 2.2 million employees.
June 11, 2024
Can Proportional Representation Create Better Governance?
Policy outcomes, accountability, and stability under different electoral systems.
May 2, 2024
Our Impact
April 24, 2024
Checking the Pardon Power: Areas of Abuse
To determine whether a president abuses the pardon power requires assessing whether a pardon violates constitutional provisions or principles and thus upsets the constitutional order.
April 11, 2024
Checking the Pardon Power: Preventing & Responding to Abuse
As with any abuses of executive power, each branch of government must protect the Constitution against abusive exercises of the pardon power.
April 11, 2024
Checking the Pardon Power
This paper reviews an array of limitations on the presidential pardon power.
April 11, 2024
Prosecuting Political Leaders During an Election
A framework for understanding when it’s appropriate to prosecute a candidate for public office
April 3, 2024