Search
Filter Search
White v. Stitt
Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down law creating new business courts in the state’s two most populous counties
State v. Kelliher
Held that a de facto life sentence for a juvenile defendant whom a trial court deemed “neither incorrigible nor irredeemable” violates the state constitution
A Conversation with North Carolina Justice Allison Riggs
Riggs discusses the drawbacks of partisan judicial elections, the decisions that have meant the most to her, and why she smiles at everyone who argues in her court.
In re Tom Malinowski
Appellants claimed that state's ban on fusion voting violates rights to vote, to free speech and political association, to equal protection, and to assemble
Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC
Delaware Supreme Court will consider whether corporate law changes that remove the Chancery Court's ability to award equitable relief for transactions satisfying a "safe harbor" unconstitutionally divests that court of jurisdiction and whether retroactive application of the safe harbor violates plaintiffs' rights by eliminating claims that were already accrued or vested.
Why We Should Care About Diversity on the Bench
New data shows women and people of color are underrepresented on state high courts.
Gatehouse Media Ohio Holdings v. City of Columbus Police Department
Ohio Supreme Court ruled officers shot at by a suspect they ultimately killed in return fire are crime victims entitled to privacy right in Ohio's Marsy's Law amendment and redacting their identities does not violate any general state constitutional right to access public records
City of Cincinnati, ex rel. Mark Miller v. City of Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether lower court erred in reading additional taxpayer standing requirements into a statute permitting taxpayers to sue on a city's behalf to stop abuses of municipal power if the city fails to pursue the action itself
Stephen Spaulding
Stephen Spaulding is the managing director of the Kohlberg Center at the Brennan Center.
Supreme Court and Election Law Still Feel the Fallout 25 Years After Bush v. Gore
The 5–4 decision started a long slide in public approval for the court, accentuated by a widening partisan gap.
