Legislation & Policy

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Protect Democracy works not just to uphold laws, but to strengthen them in the face of evolving authoritarian threats. We advance policies to balance institutional power and keep our leaders in check.

 How to reform domestic deployment authorities

There's an urgent need to pass reforms to how and when the National Guard may be deployed domestically, its command structure for domestic deployment, and the Guard’s legal authority when it acts.

September 10, 2024

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Analysis
Democracy Crisis in the Making Cover 2023

A Democracy Crisis in the Making

How state legislators are politicizing, criminalizing, and interfering with election administrators.

December 7, 2023

  • Protecting Elections
  • Reports
Presidential Seal on Marine One

The ARTICLE ONE Act 

The bipartisan ARTICLE ONE Act (H.R.3988/S.1912) would establish a necessary, meaningful check on the president’s use of emergency powers.

June 14, 2023

  • Defending the Rule of Law
  • Legislation

A Democracy Crisis in the Making

How state legislators are politicizing, criminalizing, and interfering with election administrators.

June 8, 2023

  • Protecting Elections
  • Reports