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Religious Women Win Injunction Against Indiana’s Abortion Ban
The decision highlights the potential of religious liberty claims to fight abortion restrictions.
In re Interest of K.N., K.L., K.L., and K.L
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services seeks termination of parental rights following credible reports of child abuse and neglect of four children. The Texas Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing about the impact on the case of the 2024 parental rights state constitutional amendment.
PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General
Texas Supreme Court held LGBTQ+ organization must respond to information requests issued by the state as part of its investigation of whether doctors are evading Texas's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
State v. Hidlebaugh
Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison sentence resulting in part from a defendant's failure to satisfy a financial obligation despite his good faith effort to do so, violated state and federal equal protection and due process
Kendrick v. Knudsen
Montana Supreme Court reversed attorney general's determination that proposed right-of-direct-democracy initiative violates separate-vote requirement
Northwest Landowners Association v. State
The North Dakota Supreme Court held, in part, that pre-condemnation survey provisions that authorize survey access to landowners' properties is not facially invalid under state takings laws because there is no protected interested in excluding limited, innocuous intrusion by pre-condemnation surveyors
Ward v. State
The Indiana Supreme Court held that post-conviction relief under the state's constitution does not apply to the method in which that sentence is carried out and is instead limited to the conviction or sentence
Maine State Chamber of Commerce v. Department of Labor
The Maine Supreme Court held that the Department of Labor rule requiring employers to pay nonrefundable premiums into the Paid Family and Medical Leave fund did not constitute a regulatory taking under the Maine and U.S. Constitutions
State v. Jacques
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that its state constitution does not entitle a criminal defendant to a second probable cause hearing after a conviction is reversed unless there is a jurisdictional defect in the original hearing
State v. Engroff
The Maine Supreme Court held that the admission a video-recorded forensic interview of a child victim does not violate a defendant’s confrontation rights under the Maine Constitution
