Brennan Center for Justice - Wikipedia

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 Law and public policy institute at New York University School of Law 
 

 Brennan Center for Justice Established 1995 &#59; 31 years ago  ( 1995 ) Location(s) New York City ; Washington, D.C. 
 President Michael Waldman Board of directors Kimberley D. Harris (co-chair)
 Christine A. Varney (co-chair) Revenue $57.9 million (2024) [ 1 ] Expenses $50.6 million (2024) [ 1 ] Endowment $313 million (2024) [ 1 ] Website www .brennancenter .org 
 The Brennan Center for Justice is an American liberal [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] nonprofit law and public policy institute. The organization is named after Supreme Court justice William J. Brennan Jr. The Brennan Center advocates for public policy positions including raising the minimum wage , opposing voter ID laws , and calling for public funding of elections . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Its operations are centered at the New York University School of Law . 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 nonprofit organizations. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 

 The stated mission of the Brennan Center is to "work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all". [ 9 ] Its president is Michael Waldman , former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton .

 
 History and mission

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 The Brennan Center for Justice was founded in 1995 by the family and former law clerks of Supreme Court justice William J. Brennan Jr. , whom The Washington Post called "the progressive voice of the modern court". [ 10 ] Justice Brennan's idea of a living constitution figures largely into the center's work. [ 11 ] The Brennan Center started with an initial grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York of $25,000 in 1996. The Carnegie Corporation in years since has donated over $3,650,000. [ 12 ] During the selection process of what school to center operations from, the Brennan Center selected New York University School of Law (NYU Law) out of a choice of three schools, with the other two being Georgetown University and Harvard University . [ 12 ] 

 The Brennan Center is part think tank , part public interest law firm , and part advocacy group. The organization 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 advocates for redistricting reform and campaign finance reform . [ 13 ] [ 14 ] 

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