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What’s Next for the Next Generation of Environmental Rights Cases?
Young people are building on lessons learned in recent litigation, using state constitutions and laws to develop and enforce environmental protections.
Commonwealth v. Arias
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider whether a traffic stop a lower court found to be pretextual, and subsequent arrest for a separate low-level traffic offense, violate the state's search and seizure clause
State v. Stubbs
The Kansas Supreme Court held that a state statute that criminalizes knowingly possessing a dangerous knife with intent to use it unlawfully against another was not unconstitutionally vague
State v. Phipps
The Kansas Supreme Court overruled its prior decision in State v. Roat, eliminating prudential exceptions to mootness and reaffirming that mootness is a jurisdictional doctrine under the Kansas Constitution
State v. Green
The Kansas Supreme Court held that the state's premeditated first-degree murder statute was not unconstitutionally vague under the Kansas Constitution
State v. Woods
The Supreme Court of Iowa held that an Iowa statute, which prohibits carrying dangerous weapons while illegally possessing a controlled substance or committing an indictable offense, did not violate the federal or state constitutional right to keep and bear arms
State v. Ramirez
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held tha the 46-month delay between the filing of charges and the start of the defendant's trial did not violate the defendant's right to a speedy trial
State v. Ninh
The Kansas Supreme Court held that criminal rape and aggravated criminal sodomy statutes were not unconstitutionally vague
State v. Fletcher
The Supreme Court of Idaho held that drug dog sniffs were not unconstitutional searches under the Idaho Constitution
Paxton v. American Oversight
The Supreme Court of Texas held that district courts lack jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against constitutional executive officers, like the Governor and Attorney General, unless expressly authorized by statute
