The Major Questions newsletter from Jesse Wegman will put rulings in context and explore ways to fix the Court.

Public outrage made a big difference in stalling the anti-voter bill the last time it gained momentum — and it could again.

Most Americans don’t know what it’s like inside the United States’ 1,664 state and federal prisons. 1 Yet even those who ...

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed yet another version of the SAVE Act (S. 1383), which would require American citizens to show documents like a birth certificate or passport in order ...

The administration has diverted law enforcement officers from across government to help ICE but has increased arrests only of immigrants with no criminal conviction. President Trump ran for reelection ...

A new era of anticorruption reform is long overdue. American public institutions urgently need repair and renewal. The 2024 election was the first time since the 1800s that the incumbent party lost ...

In 2025, state legislatures enacted at least 31 restrictive voting laws, the second highest total since the Brennan Center began tracking this legislation in 2011. At the same time, state legislatures ...

President Trump’s efforts to ramp up deportations have brought the immigration system into sharper focus. His administration is pushing for mass deportations, pressuring states to assist in ...

The Supreme Court is considering whether a key provision of the Voting Rights Act remains constitutional. The Supreme Court will decide this term if the Voting Rights Act still allows voters of color ...

The political prosecution of a presidential enemy has left the government with a seemingly unwinnable case — and a justice system tainted by politics. The power of the prosecutor is tremendous, ...

Fossil fuel interests donated heavily to President Trump’s 2024 reelection bid. Months after his victory, oil and gas moguls have continued to pump money into his political coffers. Now, as promised ...

In 1965, a nonviolent voting rights march in Alabama culminated in a televised, brutal attack by state police. The public outrage that followed prompted Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act, a law ...