Bridget Lavender is a Skadden Fellow with the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative.
State high courts interpret laws that impact some of the most intimate parts of our lives. Communities have a right to know what’s on the docket.
The U.S. high court’s ruling allowing anti-camping laws underscores the importance and potential of state constitutional protections.
Some states protect citizens’ right to make requests of or complaints against the government more broadly than the federal Constitution.
Courts should be wary of allowing prosecutors to introduce rap lyrics as evidence.
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We Need to Know More About State Supreme Court Cases
State high courts interpret laws that impact some of the most intimate parts of our lives. Communities have a right to know what’s on the docket.
States Can Protect Unhoused People When the U.S. Supreme Court Won’t
The U.S. high court’s ruling allowing anti-camping laws underscores the importance and potential of state constitutional protections.
The Right to Petition in State Constitutions, Explained
Some states protect citizens’ right to make requests of or complaints against the government more broadly than the federal Constitution.
Rap on Trial
Courts should be wary of allowing prosecutors to introduce rap lyrics as evidence.