Brennan Center experts explore the strategic decisions behind the Clean Slate Act bill — legislation that limits access to some criminal conviction records — and draw lessons for future reform efforts. bit.ly/4hAPVWz

A really great panel tonight of southern journalists at day one of our Legislative Policy Forum, part of a new partnership between Fisk University and @brennancenter.org

My take on today’s Voting Rights argument at SCOTUS: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Join me along with the a power packed panel of my expert colleagues online this Thursday!: www.brennancenter.org/events/next-...

Louisiana is now arguing against its own congressional map and asking SCOTUS to gut the Voting Rights Act. @kareemcrayton.bsky.social spoke to The Advocate about how the state's history of racial discrimination in voting is one of many reasons the VRA is needed.

@kareemcrayton.bsky.social was on ABC's Start Here pod to talk about Utah's congressional map, why it was struck down, and how Prop 4, a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering measure, has been restored after the state legislature's attempts to weaken it.

For the first time since its founding over 400 years ago, New York City soon won't run its own jails. Instead a federal judge will. My latest for @brennancenter.org unpacks the road ahead for the troubled jails — including Rikers Island. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Earlier, and elswhere, I discussed how Anthony Kennedy should be remembered for creating the mess right now playing out in the country on redistricting. TLDR: He whiffed on the opportunity to use his swing vote on the Court to ban mid-decade redistricting and later, partisan gerrymandering.

I have some thoughts to share on why Anthony Kennedy bears responsibility for the looming redistricting madness nationwide. From over at the other place… x.com/kareemcrayto...

"The question everybody needs to think carefully about is what you’re willing to do to defend [the right to vote], because ...we have it only in so much as we’re able to use it," @kareemcrayton.bsky.social to @nyamnews.bsky.social ahead of the Voting Rights Act's 60th anniversary.

@msnbc.com points to our piece on the Trump admin's use of force against Sen. Padilla: "The disturbing incident in Los Angeles reflects this administration’s alarming tendency to use federal officers to squelch dissenting voices," writes @kareemcrayton.bsky.social

Our event on birthright citizenship with @marthasjones.bsky.social @katemasur.bsky.social @kareemcrayton.bsky.social Erika Lee and me is now a podcast! Download it here 👇🏻

We have entered a new and dangerous era where government force is being used against elected officials whose job is to engage and speak up. This is not how democracies operate. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

⏰Today at 12:30 PM Eastern - Leading historians @katemasur.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social and Erika Lee join @kareemcrayton.bsky.social and me to talk the history of birthright citizenship. @brennancenter.org @oah.org Link to register 👇🏻 brennan.swoogo.com/birthrightci...

And recent history has sadly made mockeries of both these Recomstruction provisions and the clear intention behind them.

I enjoyed this idea that authoritarian states are more like the movie Brazil than the book 1984 - because authoritarianism breeds incompetence. observer.com/2025/02/terr...

BREAKING: The Brennan Center and other voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order on voting and elections that violates the Constitution and could block millions of Americans from registering to vote. Read more in our complaint: 1/

Apropos of not all that much, I appreciate that @booker.senate.gov — a former Stanford football player, kept enough in the tank to dunk on USC before yielding the floor. That’s commitment that outlives the PAC-10. Salute, and Go Cardinal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Well wow. With just 3 precincts left, Dem James Malone is up by 800 votes in PA's #SD36. This is looking like an astonishing Dem flip in a Trump+15 seat, per our calculations. electionresults.lancastercountypa.gov/results/publ...

I’m excited to have my colleagues at @brennancenter.bsky.social visit my hometown of Montgomery to mark the 60 anniversary of the march for voting rights and to discuss how we’re deepening our work in the South.

In Alabama’s last election, if people of color had turned out at the same rate as white voters, more than 200,000 additional ballots would have been cast.

When corporate speak meets law talk.

It’s too early to know how exactly Trump will carry out his mass deportation plans, but one thing is certain: private prison company profits stand to skyrocket.