Since 2016, President Trump and his administrations have made non-citizen voting central to their misleading claims about election results. Even in elections the president won, he has claimed that non ...

In Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House, Protect Democracy and Unite America examine a 1967 statute enacted by Congress—the Uniform Congressional District Act (UCDA)—that mandates ...

The run-up to the 2024 presidential election is highlighting the deep dissatisfaction throughout the electorate with our two-party system, as well as the difficulty in sustaining a broad electoral ...

Since Donald Trump has returned to the presidency, we have seen numerous Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and prosecutions against his political opponents, often presaged by direct threats ...

These key questions can help assess whether a government-led investigation or prosecution is appropriate — or an abuse of power. Former president Donald Trump is facing criminal investigations and ...

In March, we published Executive Override: How the Trump administration is using federal power to deceive Americans, disrupt our elections, and deny fair results — and what we can do to stop it. The ...

In November 2023, just after off-year elections and as states were preparing for the upcoming presidential primaries, a registered voter in Waterford Township, Michigan challenged the voting ...

A central hallmark of American democracy is that, with tightly limited exceptions, the U.S. military is not used here at home. Since the earliest days of our republic, Congress has passed statutory ...

National emergencies are critical tools for addressing sudden and unforeseen events — often situations that require an immediate, decisive response to address. In our constitutional system, a national ...

For resources for civil servants on Trump’s 2025 Schedule F executive order, click here. In October 2020, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that would have stripped protections from ...

After a four-year investigation and two failed prosecutions, last week Special Counsel John Durham issued a report concluding that the FBI lacked a sufficient basis for opening a full investigation ...

The civil service is the civilian workforce of the U.S. federal government, currently numbering about 2.2 million employees. These employees perform virtually all the functions of the federal ...