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People v. Sargeant
New York Court of Appeals ruled that the right to trial by a jury of 12 is subject to forfeiture in exceedingly rare circumstances where the defendant engages in egregious conduct affecting a juror after deliberations have begun and requiring that juror's discharge
Luther v. Hoskins
Voters challenge Missouri's new congressional district map arguing the state constitution prohibits mid-decade redistricting.
State v. Sabra Danielson, State v. Simone Nelson
Will consider the defendants' argument that it violates equal protection to refund fines or fees paid in cash when a conviction is vacated, but not to reimburse defendants who performed community service at the equivalent of minimum wages to satisfy financial obligations they were unable to pay.
Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider, in part, whether the state's claims about Instagram's addictive design features and representations of the safety of its services are barred by state and federal speech protections
Commonwealth v. Arias
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider whether a traffic stop a lower court found to be pretextual, and subsequent arrest for a separate low-level traffic offense, violate the state's search and seizure clause
Why We Should Care About Diversity on the Bench
New data shows women and people of color are underrepresented on state high courts.
Wygant v. Lee (formerly Moore v. Lee)
Tennessee Supreme Court upheld state legislative maps passed in 2022 against challenges that the house map split more counties than necessary and the senate map failed to consecutively number districts
Stephen Spaulding
Stephen Spaulding is the managing director of the Kohlberg Center at the Brennan Center.
Supreme Court and Election Law Still Feel the Fallout 25 Years After Bush v. Gore
The 5–4 decision started a long slide in public approval for the court, accentuated by a widening partisan gap.
In re Tom Malinowski
Appellants claimed that state's ban on fusion voting violates rights to vote, to free speech and political association, to equal protection, and to assemble
