This kind of abject corruption is brought to you in large part by a #SCOTUS that has systematically shredded our country’s campaign finance regulations and many other important guardrails for our democracy. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The Vermont legislature passed a bill banning guns at polls with bipartisan support & veto-proof supermajorities! Last week Colorado lawmakers voted to close the concealed carry loophole at polls, drop boxes, and ballot counting centers. This common sense policy is catching on.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Glad to see strong White House push back against latest xenophobic tirade by House of Representatives, which is supposed to be the “People’s House.” This morning, 230 civil rights & justice orgs led by The Leadership Conference joined in opposing this horrendous bill.

Another voting rights crisis brewing in Georgia:

Yesterday, the Georgia Governor signed a bill that makes it even easier for people to attempt to kick their neighbors off the voting rolls through voter challenges. Voters now face increased threats to their right to vote. 1/8 apnews.com/article/georgi…

Important new Brennan Center resource on addressing potential AI attacks on elections: brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

NEW: The Leadership Conference, Advancing Justice - AAJC, NALEO Educational Fund lead 200+ groups in letter to House leaders opposing a bill to add a #2030Census citizenship question & exclude noncitizens from a count that 14th Amendment says must include 'whole number of persons in each state”
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As it turns out, there is actual proof that noncitizens are *not* voting in federal elections. This has been studied and studied, including by Trump's old voter fraud commission. They found nothing. And ineligible voters are easy to catch because leave an actual paper trail!

Reupping this thread in response to the cynical and dangerous introduction of legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

Some pundits say small donors are bad for democracy, but the real threat is the few megadonors who outspend millions of small donors.💸Amplifying small donors’ voices with public financing will make polarization & dysfunction better, not worse. 🧵brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

Brennan Center NYU Law Review @nyulaw Alicia Bannon Professor Jerry Dickinson ACLU Rutgers Law ⚖️ Columbia Law School Anita Earls 5 of 10. Next was a discussion on how state constitutions strengthen our democracy. Wendy Weiser joined Kareem Crayton, Miriam Seifter, Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw at the other places too, Wilfred U. Codrington III & Sam Spital to talk about voting rights, direct democracy, and redistricting. statecourtreport.org/our-work/analy…

If you missed our symposium on The Promise & Limits of State Constitutions, we have you covered! Videos and transcripts from all 7 panels are now online. There were incredibly rich conversations about state con law trends, judicial interpretation, judicial politics & much more!

🧵1 of 10. In February, State Court Report Brennan Center and @NYULawReview hosted 'The Promise and Limits of State Constitutions' at @NYULaw, our first symposium on state constitutional law. statecourtreport.org/symposium-prom…

Our annual survey of election officials is out: we continue to see high levels of threats and abuse, and concern about interference. At the same time, an equally important story: LEOs have adjusted, taking important steps to keep workers and voters safe. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

🚨🚨 BREAKING: 5th Circuit panel votes 2-1 to strike down Louisiana's new Black majority congressional district as unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Opinion here: drive.google.com/file/d/135Tznk…

Watch: Chris Hayes and b-boy bouiebaisse talk about how wildly ahistorical and just wrong it is for the former president to claim immunity, citing as proof the brief we filed on behalf of 15 top U.S. historians

#SCOTUS does NOT need to decide every fact pattern to find there is clearly no immunity for a president's attempt to overthrow an election. Roberts said in 2022: 'If it is not necessary to decide more to dispose of a case, then it is necessary not to decide more.' #StopTheStall

Ohio is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. CitizensNotPoliticians is working to amend the OH Constitution this November to establish a citizen-led independent redistricting process. Learn more about their campaign:
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Yesterday's oral argument in the Trump immunity case didn't change the facts. As Ronald Brownstein notes, citing the brief we filed on behalf of 15 historians, the founders ''converged on the same understanding: The President can be prosecuted.'' theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

My thoughts on yesterday's SCOTUS hearing and the historians' contribution to it. Brennan Center

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