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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

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

Koski v. RNC

Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature’s proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, staying trial court's temporary restraining order against officials moving forward with the election

Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Middlesex and Suffolk County District Courts

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that, given legislative and other measures to address a shortage of indigent defense counsel, there were not extraordinary circumstances that would justify the judiciary ordering a rate increase for attorneys accepting such representations

Jennings v. Smith

Alabama Supreme Court held that it is legal for police to arrest a person for refusing to show ID during a stop if officers are not satisfied with answers the individual provides about their name and address

People v. Shaw

In re: Lieutenant Governor’s Power to Vote on Final Passage of Legislation

South Dakota Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion construing two state constitutional clauses to conclude the lieutenant governor can cast a tiebreaking vote on final passage of a bill