The House voted to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and it adopted rules outlining how the process will work. This historic development has people looking at turning points in past impeachment investigations, like the one into Richard Nixon, for clues about how this one might unfold. Michael Waldman talks about why the founders included impeachment in the Constitution in the first place, and he explores the similarities and differences between the events leading to the impeachment probes of Trump, Nixon, and Bill Clinton.

It’s not too late to secure our elections in time for the 2020 presidential election. Brennan Center election reform expert Larry Norden details what we need to update voting machines, provide cyber security support, and be prepared in the event of a cyber attack. All of this is possible as long as Congress funds election security by November 21. Sign our petition today to send a message to Congress that they must act now to pass adequate election security funding before it’s too late.

As our Justice team explains, the truth is a lot more complex. In claiming responsibility for falling crime rates, President Trump embraced three dangerous myths about crime and policing in America.

Students of color already face disproportionate punishment in school. Deploying technologies like facial recognition cameras and “aggression detecting microphones” promises to make the problem even worse.

Sharpiegate would be funny if it wasn’t so deadly serious. The episode is just the latest in an ongoing trend of political retaliation and threats against career researchers in the federal government.

Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig charts the ways in which the fundamental institutions of our democracy respond to narrow interests rather than to the needs and wishes of the nation’s citizenry. RSVP today!