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Mills v. Arizona State Board of Technical Registration
Electrical engineer Greg Mills challenges Arizona's licensing requirement for certain engineers as violating his right to earn a living under the state’s due process clause and running afoul of the privileges or immunities clause (the state’s equivalent of equal protection), among other claims
Lawyers for Children v. New York State Office of Children
New York Court of Appeals will consider whether a state agency acted without legislative authorization when it created a new system temporarily placing children, whose parents voluntarily seek outside care, in "host homes"
Gamble v. State
Arizona Supreme Court held that it does not violate the state's search and seizure clause for police to arrest someone for a lesser crime when there is probable cause for that arrest, even if the arrest is pretext for investigating a more serious crime
Cassie Chambers Armstrong
Cassie Chambers Armstrong is an assistant professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
Kentucky’s Constitution: From Open Frontier to Fiercely Independent
The state constitution’s strong separation of powers language was written by Thomas Jefferson; he wished the U.S. Constitution had the same.
Behind the Movement Toward Humane Punishment
A recent Pennsylvania decision barring mandatory life without parole for felony murder is part of an accelerating trend toward broad state constitutional protections for people in the criminal justice system.
Substantive Rights and Prison Conditions
Transcript of panel from Symposium: State Constitutions and the Limits of Criminal Punishments
Barriers to Rights Protections and Collateral Consequences
Transcript of panel from Symposium: State Constitutions and the Limits of Criminal Punishments
The Problem Punishment Poses for Democratic Orders: Ruination and Rights
Transcript of panel from Symposium: State Constitutions and the Limits of Criminal Punishments
Closing Remarks
Transcript of panel from Symposium: State Constitutions and the Limits of Criminal Punishments
