Compared to other democracies, the United States is an outlier in granting life tenure to justices, producing diminishing ...

The President’s Power to Call Out the National Guard Is Not a Blank Check The use of unfederalized troops for domestic ...

On Sunday, conservative activist Tom Fitton proclaimed on Truth Social that Trump “will declare a national emergency and will ...

In many states, such as Alaska, Arizona, Michigan, and Montana, Native voters are a significant voter bloc large enough to ...

Changing the experience of incarceration to one that is more constructive and humane is part of a new, dignity-first approach ...

Lawmakers asked voters to surrender some of their power to place issues directly on state ballots. Voters refused.

Voter participation in federal elections from 2012 to 2022 averaged 11 percentage points less on tribal lands than in other parts of the states we studied. Turnout is lowest on tribal lands with the ...

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