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How Candidates Get on the Presidential Ballot
For third parties and independent candidates, ballot qualification is often a difficult journey.
Anderson v. Attorney General
Ruled ballot summary for proposed constitutional amendment for a new income tax to raise education and transportation funds fairly described the amendment
In re Schmidt
Ruled reapportionment legislation was procedurally and substantively valid and complied with constitutional requirements of one person-one vote and no invidious discrimination
Rivera v. Schwab
Rejected partisan gerrymandering claims. Dissent would have held that congressional maps were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under state's equal protection guarantees and that claims of partisan gerrymandering were justiciable.
A Primer on Standing in State Courts
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently clarified the limits of “taxpayer standing” in a case challenging the restoration of voting rights to 60,000 people with felony convictions.
Betsy Zalinski
Betsy Zalinski is a student at New York University and a former intern at the Brennan Center for Justice.
In re Annessa J.
Ruled termination of parental rights trial conducted virtually did not violate constitution’s provisions for open courts and legislative power over lower courts
State v. Sum
Held that a person's race and ethnicity are relevant to determining if they would have felt free to leave a law enforcement encounter
Ex parte Warren Averett Cos.
Dissent would have ruled that contractual jury-waiver provisions should be construed narrowly to safeguard constitutional right to jury trials
Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration v. 2600 Holdings, LLC
Ruled sovereign immunity defense does not bar courts from issuing mandamus orders, but bars declaratory relief claim of medical marijuana applicant for not pleading unconstitutional or illegal state action
