Michael Cohen may have baggage, but “the prosecution did not select Michael Cohen to be their key witness in this case, Donald Trump did,” Brennan Center senior fellow Joyce Alene tells The Beat with Ari Melber 📺 on MSNBC

Hitting up oil execs for $1 billion and promising industry-friendly policies isn't necessarily illegal but “the brazenness is still quite astonishing, and it certainly flies in the face of the spirit of the law,' says @danweiner329. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

According to our latest survey, 43% of election workers fear they can't recruit enough poll workers for this November's election: bit.ly/4bhwH4a

While some say that small donors are more ideologically radical than the average donor, in many cases their patterns of giving aren’t any more partisan than the patterns of large donors.
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The Brennan Center's latest survey of local election officials reveals that 62% of respondents worry that political leaders want to interfere with how these officials do their jobs.
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From phishing to deepfakes, AI poses risks to the 2024 election. The Brennan Center, The Elections Group & Institute For The Future developed The AI scenario planner to offer ways to help election officials prepare for and reduce the harms. bit.ly/3JXzzY0

Two former NYC prosecutors explain the possible outcomes of Trump’s hush money trial.
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There's a story today in WIRED about the coalition letter sent by Brennan Center and 20+ other organizations calling for the declassification of information vital to reining in a massively overbroad surveillance power. 1/2 wired.com/story/section-…

The voting process should be free from intimidation. The Brennan Center & All Voting is Local published 8 state-specific guides — in battleground states — on the laws against intimidation of voters & election workers. brennancenter.org/series/laws-pr…

What do you do if someone brings a gun to a polling place? If poll workers feel threatened while doing their jobs? Alongside @brennancenter, we answer these questions and more in new guides on stopping voter and election official intimidation: allvoting.org/leoguidelines

Trump has relied almost entirely on donations to his campaign and affiliated PACs to pay his lawyers, to the tune of more than $100 million as of early 2024. If this is legal, should it be? bit.ly/3wsK56K

As a Brennan Center senior fellow, Joyce Alene will help readers understand what’s happening in the Trump prosecution and why. Joyce's first piece on our site explores the role and reliability of juries sitting in judgment of a former president. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

Preliminary FBI data confirms a sharp downward trend in crime, undercutting attempts to blame criminal justice reform for pandemic-era spikes in violence.
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Small donor matching benefits democracy. It amplifies small donors and can help make campaign finance a force to decrease political polarization. bit.ly/3JYiFbL

A little personal news, as they say. I'm honored to announce I'll be working with Brennan Center on democracy issues in addition to teaching at The University of Alabama School of Law

Many election officials have been harassed for doing their jobs and are worried about their safety in the next election. Join us on 05/21 as Third Act Lawyers host a talk with Derek Tisler, Brennan Center's Democracy Program, who'll discuss a report on these threats.

The Brennan Center is excited to welcome former U.S. Attorney & MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Alene to our team as a Senior Fellow. Joyce's expertise will help advance the debate in criminal law and federal courts at a critical time for our democracy. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

This morning at 10 ET/9 CT, the entire Fifth Circuit is taking up the question of whether the Voting Rights Act allows for claims by multiracial coalitions (as opposed to a single racial group). You can listen to the audio livestream here: 5thcircuit.streamguys1.com/enbanc?_ic2=17…

Our latest podcast episode brings to light the social costs of excessive punishment. Hear from experts on how to ensure public safety without the harm of mass incarceration.
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Voters deserve to cast their ballots free from intimidation. The same goes for election workers trying to do their jobs. The Brennan Center & All Voting is Local published 8 state-specific guides on the laws against intimidation of voters & election workers. bit.ly/4bBddHU