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People v. Bochenek
Ruled that statute setting venue for identity theft cases in the place where the victim resides does not violate right to jury trial where the crime is alleged to have been committed
State v. Dortch
Dissent wrote that applying preservation requirement to defendant whose guilty plea was accepted without a competency hearing after trial court questioned his competency would deny his right to a meaningful appeal
People v. Bass
Concurrences would have addressed whether under Illinois' "limited lockstep" approach the state constitution provides greater protections than the Fourth Amendment
Kansas Supreme Court Declares Voting Is Not a Fundamental Right
The decision makes it more likely that laws restricting voting rights in Kansas will be upheld, though protections for voting remain.
Andrew Garber
Andrew Garber is a counsel with the Brennan Center Voting Rights and Elections Program.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre
The decision is the latest — and perhaps final — blow to the massacre’s two remaining survivors in their decades-long quest for justice.
Barnett v. Jones
Ruled that local law dictating how proceeds distributed to a county should be allocated is constitutional because no existing general law provides for the same matter
Butler v. Watson
Ruled that clause requiring distribution of ballot initiative signatures across the state's five congressional districts was rendered inoperable by reduction in number of state's congressional districts
Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. 38.00 Acres
Ruled that takings clause requiring compensation to the full extent of landowner's loss provides authority for award of attorney fees and litigation costs
Lowther v. Town of Bastrop
Ruled that municipality is constitutionally mandated to satisfy court order to pay back wages to firefighters by clause excepting fire minimum wages from overall constitutional limitation on unfunded mandates
