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Kratovil v. City of New Brunswick
The Supreme Court of New Jersey held Daniel's Law is constitutional under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I Paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution
Gudinas v. State
The Florida Supreme Court held the state's Conformity Clause was constitutional and prevented it from interpreting Florida's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment to exempt individuals from execution whose mental or cognitive issues did not rise to the level of intellectual disability, or whose chronological age was over 18 years at the time of their capital crimes
State v. Herzog
The Montana Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article II, Section 11 of the Montana Constitution protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizuress, but a temporary investigative stop, or Terry stop, is a recognized exception that the State has the burden of affirmatively proving by demonstrating an officer had the requisite particularized suspicion particularized suspicion based on specific and articulable objective facts
State v. Payne
The Tennessee Supreme Court held that courts cannot retroactively restructure final criminal sentences unless expressly permitted by law.
In re Concerning The State Grand Jury
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that grand juries had the constitutional authority to investigate and issue presentments and the State had a right to proceed with its investigation and empanel a special grand jury relating to allegations of sexual abuse by members of the clergy
Idahoans United for Women & Families v. Labrador
The Idaho Supreme Court held that the Fiscal Imopact Statement and short ballot title for an abortion-related ballot initiative violated sections of the Idaho Constitution
Does the ICE Crackdown in Minnesota Violate the Tenth Amendment?
Although a federal judge declined to issue a preliminary injunction requested by Minnesota and the Twin Cities, the plaintiffs should still prevail on their claims that the federal government’s actions there are unconstitutional.
Winn v. Brady
The Hawai'i Supreme Court held that a recorded judment liean is a constitutionally protected property interest such that the interest holder is entitled to notice consistent
State v. Scott
The Supreme Court of Nebraska held that state and federal search and seizure protections did not apply to the defendant's arrest because Belizean police acted independently and were not in a "joint venture" with U.S. law enforcement
Florida High Court to Hear Arguments in Politicized “Voter Fraud” Case
The case challenges Gov. Ron DeSantis’s prosecutions of people with felony convictions who thought they were eligible to vote.