Democracy

Gubernatorial opposition is a powerful and often necessary component of meaningful state pushback against federal overreach.

A series exploring the powers and authorities state and local governments have to check federal overreach and protect democratic norms and individual rights.

Marty Lederman outlines the easiest and most straightforward way for SCOTUS to decide the USPS mail-in ballot case

Over 175 years later, cities’ historic role as hubs of resistance takes on renewed resonance in today’s era of rising authoritarianism in the United States.

States committed to the rule of law can use the International Criminal Court to maximize the cost of adversaries' military aggression.

States need independent agencies with jurisdiction to enforce their residents’ rights so the valuation of those rights are evenhanded and not subject to political will.

This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch.

As a federal-level accountability desert forms, states are reviving "collateral accountability" — damages suits against federal officers who violate constitutional rights.

States must be vigilant stewards of their data — auditing what they hold, limiting what they share, and enforcing legal constraints against federal overreach.

A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Lessons from Nixon's forgotten essay in defense of his infamous remark.

States have constitutional protections against commandeering and coercion — but face a new challenge when the federal government sidelines states completely.