Cases, Courts, and Constitutions Across the 50 States

Commentary

A Win for Georgia's Gullah Geechee

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that an island community descended from enslaved people could move forward with a referendum to overturn zoning changes that they argue will price them out of their homes.

Pennsylvania’s Radical Constitution: An Experiment in the Making

From an early embrace of popular sovereignty to current voting decisions that make national news, Pennsylvania’s constitution has long reached beyond the state itself.
 

Book Excerpt: Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy

The U.S. prison system violates democratic social orders aiming to lessen racist and class hierarchies. Its development was not inevitable.

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