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The Diversity of Rights in State Constitutions
Transcript of panel from Symposium: The Power of State Constitutional Rights
State Constitutional Amendments and State Conventions
Transcript of panel from Symposium: The Power of State Constitutional Rights
In re Judge Jennifer Medley
Louisiana Supreme Court suspended district judge under state constitutional clause and judicial conduct code for activities during her election campaign — including knowingly false statements that her opponent was a "deadbeat dad" — disagreeing those statements were protected by the First Amendment.
Johnson v. Wyoming
Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion and medication abortion bans for violating a 2012 amendment that granted adults the right to make their own health care decisions
Florida Supreme Court Refuses to End Non-Unanimous Death Verdicts
The state executed nearly four times as many people as any other state in 2025.
People v. Kardasz; People v. Martin
Michigan Supreme Court upheld lifetime sexual offender registration against facial and as-applied cruel or unusual punishment challenge; and heard argument in challenges to lifetime electronic monitoring
Voces de la Frontera v. Gerber
Original action accepted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court alleging sherriffs who honored ICE detainer requests acted outside the scope of their arresting authority, but subsequently removed to federal court
State v. Sabra Danielson, State v. Simone Nelson
Washington Supreme Court held it does not violate equal protection as a wealth-based classification for a trial court to refund financial obligations paid in cash when a conviction is vacated but to deny reimbursement of community service labor performed in lieu of payment
State v. Rogers
North Carolina Supreme Court held that state search and seizure clause is in lockstep with the Fourth Amendment in recognizing a "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule
Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down Laws Banning Abortion
The court ruled that laws criminalizing abortion violated the state’s “health care freedom” amendment, passed in 2012 to limit the reach of the Affordable Care Act.
