Brennan Center for Justice
| Established | 1995 |
|---|---|
| President | Michael Waldman |
| Chairman | Patricia Bauman, Robert A. Atkins |
| Budget | $10,983,824 (2014) |
| Location | New York, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| Website | www |
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School is a nonpartisan, left-leaning law and public policy institute. The Brennan Center advocates for a number of progressive public policy positions, including raising the minimum wage, opposing voter ID laws, and calling for public funding of elections. The organization opposed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, which held that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent political expenditures by nonprofits.
The Center's stated mission is to "work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all." The organization's president is Michael Waldman, former director of speechwriting for President Bill Clinton.
The Brennan Center for Justice was founded in 1995 by the family and former law clerks of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, whom the Washington Post called "the progressive voice of the modern court." Justice Brennan’s idea of a living constitution figures largely into the center’s work.
The Brennan Center is involved in issues such as opposing voter ID laws that it believes unduly restrict voter registration, and other barriers to registration and voting; and advocating for redistricting reform and campaign finance reform. The organization is part think tank, part public interest law firm, and part advocacy group.George Soros is a major donor to the Brennan Center.
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