Brennan Center for Justice

State Laws Restricting Concealed Handguns in Sensitive Places: 2024 Landscape

Camerin Rencken, Eric Ruben, Rosanna Smart, Libby Smith et autres

INTRODUCTION: Firearm-related injuries and deaths remain a major public health challenge in the United States, with over 46,000 fatalities reported in 2023. State laws restricting firearms in specific locations-often loosely referred to as "sensitive places" or "gun-free zones"-seek to reduce firearm-related harm …

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Population Shifts in Congressional Redistricting

Peter A. Miller, Madison Buchholz

Population equality across congressional districts within a state is a hallmark of the redistricting decisions issued by the Supreme Court cases in the 1960s. Beginning with Wesberry v. Sanders (1964) and following from Karcher v. Daggett (1983), the norm has been to …

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The End of Constitutional Amendment in the U.S. ?

Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, Wilfred U. Codrington, Jessica Bulman-Pozen et autres

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The effect of mass shootings on voter turnout in the United States

Kelsey Shoub, KEVIN T. MORRIS

Mass shootings occur with horrifying frequency in the United States. Many point to electoral politics as a potential path to change this. Here, we test whether mass shootings increase electoral participation using the most granular dataset to date. We draw information on …

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Why a Supreme Court case from Louisiana will matter for the future of the Voting Rights Act

Gary Fields, Binny Miller, Kareem Crayton

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling forced Alabama and later Louisiana to redraw their congressional maps …

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Replication Data for: Did Shelby County v. Holder Increase the Racial Turnout Gap?

Between 1965 and 2013, many states and localities with histories of racial discrimination in their voting practices were required to pre-clear any changes to their electoral policies with the federal government to ensure they would not have racially discriminatory effects. In 2013, …

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On Fertile Ground: How Racial Resentment Primes White Americans To Believe Fraud Accusations

KEVIN T. MORRIS, Ian R. Shapiro

White Americans face a democratic dilemma: remain committed to electoral democracy (which has been historically beneficial for them), or abandon it as non-White groups gain political stature. We argue “fraud” narratives offer White Americans a solution: they can reject specific democratic outcomes, …

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Politricks: Teaching political tricks and discernment through active and passive tools

Shaye-Ann M Hopkins, Rebecca Marie Rayburn-Reeves, Jan Willem Lindemans, Kathleen C O’Gorrman et autres

Abstract In an age of information overload, misinformation poses a growing threat to democracy. Inoculation theory suggests that exposing individuals to manipulation techniques can help build resistance to misinformation and improve their ability to discern such content over time. However, little research …

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Location of Firearm Suicides in the United States, 2003-2021

Camerin A Rencken, Rosanna Smart, Eric Ruben, Ali Rowhani‐Rahbar

This cross-sectional study examines the location of firearm suicides in the US using data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System.

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Replication Data for: The Effect of Mass Shootings on Voter Turnout in the United States

Mass shootings occur with horrifying frequency in the United States. Many point to electoral politics as a potential path to change this. Here, we test whether mass shootings increase electoral participation using the most granular dataset to date. We draw information on …

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Conservative Caution v. Progressive Originalism: How Justices Barrett and Jackson Are Paving Their Own Paths on the Court

David Rudenstine, Michael Waldman, Eric Freedman, Haiyun Damon-Feng et autres

The Conservative Caution v. Progressive Originalism symposium, hosted by the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice on March 7, 2025, brings together leading constitutional scholars to examine the emerging judicial philosophies of Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson. …

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Catalysts of Insurrection: How White Racial Antipathy Influenced Beliefs of Voter Fraud and Support for the January 6th Insurrection

Tye Rush, Chelsea Jones, Michael K. Herndon, Matt A. Barreto

Abstract On January 6, 2021, the belief that voter fraud was to blame for Trump’s 2020 loss led thousands of people to storm the Capitol during election certification, aiming to occupy it by force to stop this process. While only thousands participated, …

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