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Betsy Zalinski
Betsy Zalinski is a student at New York University and a former intern at the Brennan Center for Justice.
People v. Dawson
Dissent wrote that defendant's request that an interrogating officer call his lawyer amounted to a request to speak with his lawyer, invalidating subsequent waiver of Miranda rights
Stepp v. Cottrell
Held that a claim for excessive force by police officers must be analyzed under the relevant constitutional provision rather than as a general violation of substantive due process
State v. Hauge
Held the constitution does not require individuals be informed that they are free to refuse consent to a warrantless search
State v. Price-Williams
Dissent would have held that a defendant must be both armed and dangerous for a search following a Terry stop to be constitutional
Bass v. City of Edmonds
Held that a city ordinance requiring that guns be stored safely and kept out of unauthorized hands is preempted by state firearms law
Nevada Policy Research Institute, Inc. v. Cannizzaro
Established an exception to traditional standing requirements when an appropriate party seeks to enforce a public official's compliance with Nevada's separation-of-powers clause
Illinois Road & Transportation Builders Association v. The County of Cook
Dissent wrote that an amendment restricting how government may use transportation-related revenue can only apply to state revenue under home rule provisions which empower localities
Association of Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority v. Mael
Ruled statutory noneconomic damages cap’s failure to account for inflation does not violate due process rights
Bentonville School District v. Sitton
Concurrence wrote that parents do not have fundamental right to micromanage elected school board’s operational decisions, in the context of a challenge to a school mask mandate
