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The country has made progress toward insulating future elections from attempted subversion, but much work remains. The good news is that we know what needs to be done because we know the tactics used by election deniers after the 2020 vote. A new Brennan Center report details best practices, from preempting disinformation to implementing stronger protections against intimidation. It also evaluates how six swing states are doing in key areas. The path is clear: all states must take additional steps to shore up our democracy.
A federal district court has issued a scathing rejection of Alabama’s new congressional map after state legislators openly defied the Supreme Court’s order to create new political opportunities for Black voters. The court appointed a special master to redraw district lines, but now state officials are once again asking the Supreme Court to allow them to keep their racially discriminatory map in place. It remains to be seen whether Alabama’s Black voters will attain justice in time for 2024.
A Brennan Center Freedom of Information Act lawsuit obtained internal records showing that Department of Homeland Security agents routinely use fake social media accounts to gather information about people. We found little to no evidence that the department has adequate rules to protect Americans’ privacy rights. To allow the public to better judge any risks and the sufficiency of existing safeguards, DHS must be more transparent about the scope of its social media data collection and monitoring.
Election deniers have launched EagleAI, a project that seeks to replace reliable election administration systems with a faulty platform that empowers private vigilantes to overwhelm election offices with baseless challenges to voter registrations. If election deniers succeed, EagleAI could be used to disenfranchise voters and lay the groundwork for overturning election results. All public officials should reject this tool and allow professional election administrators to do their jobs.
The Justice Department recently updated its decade-old rules for how federal law enforcement agencies can use race, religion, and other constitutionally protected characteristics as part of their duties. While there are some welcome improvements, the new guidance still leaves room for agencies to target people due to bias rather than credible evidence of wrongdoing. The Biden administration can do more to mitigate the risk of discriminatory profiling and hold law enforcement accountable.
Trial began Monday in a major federal lawsuit by the Brennan Center and our co-counsel challenging Texas’s 2021 voter suppression law. In LUPE v. Texas, we will show how its discriminatory provisions have made it harder for people of color and people with disabilities to vote, violating the Constitution and federal laws. The trial is poised to be a critical test of how federal courts will respond to the ongoing attacks on the freedom to vote in Texas and across the country.

 
BRENNAN CENTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Something larger than Trump will be on trial in Washington, DC, and Georgia — the Big Lie of a “stolen” election. He didn’t act alone. A web of pundits, elected officials, and media outlets propelled misinformation and baseless conspiracy theories. Watch our expert panel discussion about the cases and their implications on YouTube >>
 

 
Virtual Events
 
Abortion Rights and the Future of State Constitutions
Tuesday, September 19, 6–7 p.m. ET
Join us for a live virtual panel exploring the aftermath of Dobbs and its implications for state courts and constitutions. Panelists include Cheri Beasley, former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; David Cohen, reproductive rights scholar at Drexel University; and Alicia Bannon, director of the Brennan Center Judiciary Program and editor in chief of State Court Report. Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine and Yale Law School will moderate a conversation on the role of state courts in adjudicating reproductive rights cases, as well as the future of state constitutionalism. RSVP today.
 
Produced in partnership with the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center
 
Youth Rising: The Power of Latinx Voters
Tuesday, September 26, 1–2 p.m. ET
Under the banner of the Spanish-language website Brennan en español, the Brennan Center is excited to announce a panel of political luminaries focused on the Latino electorate. Hear from changemakers leading the youngest generations into power at a live virtual conversation with speakers María Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino, Arizona State Rep. Alma Hernandez, Santiago Mayer of Voters of Tomorrow, and moderator and journalist Paola Ramos. RSVP today.
 
Produced in partnership with Voto Latino Foundation
 
The Supreme Court at War: How a Past Court Informs the Future
Thursday, September 28, 1–2 p.m. ET
Join us for a live event with The Court at War author and Georgetown Law professor Cliff Sloan to learn about the little-known story of how President Franklin D. Roosevelt altered the most powerful court in the country and the consequences that produced today’s Supreme Court. RSVP today.

 
 
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