Missouri High Court Decision Offers Lessons About Advancing Voting Rights
The court blocked restrictions on voter registration efforts as violating free speech rights.
Cases, Courts, and Constitutions Across the 50 States
Limiting the Damage of the Juvenile Sentencing Case I Lost
Half a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court signaled it wouldn’t extend protections for children facing life without parole, state constitutions offer hope.
The Nebraska Constitution: Creator of the Country’s Only Unicameral Legislature
The powers of initiative and referendum make the people the “second house.”
Pennsylvania Court Finds Reproductive Autonomy Is a Fundamental Right
The lower court ruling came more than two years after the state high court allowed a challenge to a ban on Medicaid-funded abortion to proceed.
State Courts Offer Protection Against Pregnancy Discrimination
Courts in almost two dozen states have rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s reasoning that discrimination based on pregnancy is not sex discrimination.
Commentary
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in May
Issues on the dockets include mid-decade redistricting, defendants’ access to social media evidence, and mandatory judicial retirement.
Michigan Supreme Court to Hear Rare Lawsuit Between Legislative Chambers
The case arose after a new Republican majority in the Michigan House refused to send several bills passed by a previous Democratic-controlled legislature to the governor to become law.