In other words, Trump can pardon the January 6 defendants. He would not violate the law or exceed the power extended to him ...

The drop-off in participation by Black men under 50 highlights how elections increasingly reflect white voices over voices of ...

On the surface, the 2024 fight between Democrats and Republicans to control the House resulted in continuation of the status quo. In 2022, Republicans won a net of nine Democratic seats to gain a ...

The Brennan Center works to build an America that is democratic, just, and free. Here’s how you can help.

Yale University Professor David Blight, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, will deliver the Jorde Symposium lecture at NYU School of Law on ...

“We need to do more than just restore the norms that were unwritten before. We need to actually codify them and give them the force of law.” In the United States, there’s an important conversation ...

Presidents have access to a dizzying range of powers during a declared emergency. We’re working to enhance Congress’s role as a check against abuse of authority. Emergency powers have existed in ...

The Brennan Center works to reform and defend our country’s systems of democracy and justice.

Update: On December 23, President Biden granted commutations to 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring back and expand federal use of the death ...

The Brennan Center works to build an America that is democratic, just, and free. Here’s how you can help.

In May and June 2024, the Brennan Center organized five nonpartisan tabletop exercises premised on an authoritarian candidate winning the presidency to test the resilience of democratic institutions.