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McNabb v. Harrison
Tennessee Supreme Court held the state constitution requires a candidate running for municipal judge to be a resident of the same municipality to which he will be assigned, both at time of the election and for one year prior; litigation continues on remand
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court dismissed legislators' appeal from trial court ruling that struck the state's congressional map. Lower court said law the map was enacted under violated a fundamental right of voters to alter or reform their government — recognized by the Utah high court earlier in the case — by repealing a redistricting-reform initiative, and subsequently adopted plaintiffs' proposed alternative map
The Untold Story of 150 Years of Women in State Judiciaries
A focus on the U.S. Constitution and federal judges has obscured a longer and more complex history of women serving on state benches — and how state constitutions mattered in their rise.
State v. Good Day Farm Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court held that a provision that voter-approved measures may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds vote of the legislature permits legislative changes to citizen-initiated constitutional amendments
Menzies v. Department of Corrections
Utah Supreme Court will consider challenge to the state's lethal injection and firing squad protocols as violating prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment and treating incarcerated people with unnecessary rigor
Isaacson v. Arizona
Arizona trial court struck down several restrictions on pre-viability abortion for violating 2024 amendment enshrining abortion rights
Department of Development Services for the City of North Canton v. CF Homes
Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether the state's prohibition against unreasonable searches requires officials seeking to inspect homes for regulatory reasons, not for criminal violations, to make a greater showing than what federal law requires
Degenfelder v. Wyoming Educational Association; Leck v. Wyoming Educational Association
Wyoming Supreme Court will consider the state constitutionality of the state's school-choice program; a lower court preliminarily blocked the program
EFG America v. Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Supreme Court will consider whether trying enforcement actions brought by the state’s securities regulator in juryless administrative hearings violates an enforcement target’s right to a jury trial
Chilutti v. Uber
Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated, without reaching merits, appellate decision finding state jury trial right requires a stricter standard than federal caselaw for when online arbitration agreements are enforceable against users who lack actual knowledge of the terms, finding the appellate court lacked jurisdiction
