Democracy & Elections

Placing troops at the polls is illegal, but steps can be taken to secure the spirit of the law if not the letter.

Congress restricted military deployments to election sites, even when a broader deployment authority might otherwise apply.

The administration has turned an unfixable fact—Chinese parts in nearly every U.S. voting machine—into a license to contest any election it loses.

Denying habeas review of detention for protected speech risks accomplishing in practice what the Constitution forbids without actual suspension.

Months away from elections, a federal judge worries President Trump's mail-in voting executive order could cause disenfranchisement.

The California Supreme Court has a chance to emphasize that the criminal justice system isn’t built to “double-check” election results.

The State Department promised proof of a vast censorship scheme. The documents Sarah Rogers released show something else entirely.

Panic about a 'rogue clerk' is likely unwarranted—but it's worth paying attention.