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Georgia Courts to Consider Legislative Oversight of Prosecutorial Discretion — Again
District attorneys in Georgia are challenging a statute that allows elected prosecutors to be disciplined and removed for their prosecutorial decisions and speech.
Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips serves as a 2023–2024 legal fellow for Public Rights Project, a non-profit organization that partners with government leaders and local elected officials to protect and...
What’s Next for Marijuana Legalization in Florida
Even if Florida voters pass an initiative allowing recreational marijuana, lawmakers may try to limit the right.
Scholarship Roundup: End of Semester Edition
Recent articles address states taking policy questions away from courts, standing in election cases, and state shadow dockets.
Commonwealth v. Reed
Concurrence would have clarified that state constitution provides greater protections than the Fourth Amendment
State Courts Diverge In Latest Wave of Abortion Litigation
Decisions in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Pennsylvania highlight stark contrasts in how courts approach reproductive rights.
Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District
Dissent would have granted parents' request to enjoin school policy on gender-identity and decide if it interferes with parents' right to educate and raise their children
Richard v. Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ruled no due process right to public legislative hearing on citizen's remonstrance where there is no constitutional mandate to assemble legislature to hear remonstrances
A Conversation with Justice Goodwin H. Liu of the California Supreme Court
Liu spoke about how judicial decisions affect citizens, the state’s system of direct democracy, and the importance of educating law students about state courts.
City of Olathe v. City of Spring Hill
Held that home-rule amendment to the Kansas Constitution does not abrogate the rule that a City Council cannot bind a future City Council to its policy decisions
