Rethinking Our Democracy
With the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, we publish multi-essay series discussing reform proposals and new legislative ideas to strengthen democratic institutions and make broad reforms.
August 20, 2020
Limitations on the Use of the National Guard
for Federal Law Enforcement Missions: A Primer
Protect Democracy explains the limitations on the use of the National Guard for federal law enforcement missions.
August 1, 2020
Legal Challenges to Improper Deployment of Homeland Security Forces: An Explainer
Protect Democracy breaks down 40 U.S.C. § 1315—the purported legal basis for the Trump administration’s deployment of unidentified DHS agents to Portland, Oregon, in July 2020.
August 1, 2020
Legal Challenges to an Invocation of the Insurrection Act: A Primer
Protect Democracy’s litigation memo analyzing the Trump administration’s threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act in the lead-up to the 2020 election and any potential legal challenges.
July 1, 2020
Stopping Election Interference
Elections cannot be free and fair when one of the candidates meddles with the rules or unfairly tilts the playing field in his or her favor.
February 26, 2020
Trump’s Acts Show the Urgent Need to Curb the Imperial Presidency
The end of the Mueller investigation reveals that post-Watergate guardrails set up against executive overreach have been smashed and need replacing.
April 1, 2019
Roadmap to Renewal
A proposal to renew our democracy through legislation, oversight, and other reforms.
July 4, 2018
No “Absolute Right” to Control DOJ: Constitutional Limits on White House Interference with Law Enforcement Matters
Protect Democracy explains the constitutional constraints on the president’s ability to weaponize the Department of Justice.
March 8, 2018
White House Communications with the DOJ and FBI
The Trump White House must release and abide by an agency contacts policy that is consistent with accepted, bipartisan norms.
March 8, 2017