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Fact-Checking Trump on Crime

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Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend, former President Trump made several false statements about current crime trends. Despite what he claims — and what many Americans believe — violent crime has been on the decline since 2021 after spiking in 2020. And there is no evidence that the arrival of migrants in cities such as New York has led to surges in crime. Misleading the public about the complex factors that drive crime will do nothing to make communities safer

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Keeping Guns Away from Voting

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Mounting hostility around elections since 2020 has inspired several states to strengthen protections against guns at voting and vote-counting sites. A pathbreaking new bill in California goes further than any other legislation in classifying the presence of guns near voting sites as intimidating, establishing robust anti-intimidation protections for voters and election officials alike. Other states should follow California’s lead and shield elections from the risk of gun violence

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Closing the Data Broker Loophole

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The United States’ weak data privacy protections have spawned a multibillion-dollar industry that collects, analyzes, and sells Americans’ information to advertisers, scammers, and even government agencies. Data brokers allow the government to bypass the warrant requirements of the Fourth Amendment and gain unfettered access to personal data, posing risks to privacy and freedoms of speech and association. As detailed in a new Brennan Center resource

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, bills introduced in Congress would help close this loophole and stop the government from buying its way around the public’s privacy rights

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Trump’s Dubious Mass Deportation Threat

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On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to invoke an outdated wartime authority to deport massive numbers of noncitizens from the United States if reelected. The Alien Enemies Act can only be invoked when the nation is at war or under invasion, but courts might refuse to intervene regardless. To eliminate the threat, Congress should repeal this dangerous law

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Tech Companies’ Flimsy Election Security Pledges

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Twenty major tech companies signed an accord last month promising to combat the harmful use of artificial intelligence in elections. Though the agreement’s voluntary commitments address some major worries, such as the spread of deceptive deepfakes, they don’t include benchmarks for measuring progress. With the 2024 election approaching, we need more than empty promises — we need accountability

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BRENNAN CENTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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Abuse of Officeholders Weakens Democracy

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An alarming new Brennan Center report

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shows that state and local officeholders face an onslaught of threats, harassment, and abuse. In a new video, state and local officeholders speak about the growing threat of political violence and how it impacts their ability to serve the public. Watch now on YouTube >>

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VIRTUAL EVENT: The Missing Constitutional Right

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Wednesday, March 20, 3–4 p.m. ET

The right to vote is one of the foundations of democracy, yet it has never truly been available to all Americans. Author Richard Hasen argues in his new book, A Real Right to Vote

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, that a constitutional amendment would end tumultuous fights over the franchise for good. But could it be that simple? Join us for a live virtual event with Hasen and moderator Wilfred Codrington III in a discussion on how an amendment to the Constitution would enshrine the right to vote and what it would take to get there. RSVP TODAY

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