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Pennsylvania Rejects Federal “Administrative Warrants” and Restores Renters’ Privacy
A state appellate court’s decision underscores the continuing vitality of independent state constitutional law to reject federal doctrine — and to protect personal privacy.
LGBTQ Rights & State Constitutions
Transcript of panel from Symposium: The Power of State Constitutional Rights
The Story of the First State Constitution
New Hampshire’s 1776 constitution and the story behind it set the stage for subsequent state constitutions over the next 250 years.
McVay v. Cockroft
Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider whether a law making it harder for citizen initiative petitions to qualify for the ballot violates citizens' state constitutional initative, free speech, and equal protection rights.
Stewart v. Rosenblum
Illinois Supreme Court held statutes providing for pretrial release did not unduly infringe any inherent judicial authority to indefinitely detain pretrial a defendant who repeatedly failed to appear.
Hawaii v. Zuffante
Hawaii Supreme Court held state due process clause requires law enforcement to record in-station custodial interrogations and, when feasible, out-of-station, as a necessary procedural safeguard for multiple rights, including to a fair trial.
State v. James Ellis
Washington Supreme Court held restitution imposed on an indigent defendant did not violate state or federal excessive fines clause, finding the amount to be compensatory, not punitive.
Wygant v. Lee (formerly Moore v. Lee)
Tennessee Supreme Court upheld state legislative maps passed in 2022 against challenges that the house map split more counties than necessary and the senate map failed to consecutively number districts
Wise v. State
Voters challenge the state's new congressional district map arguing it violates the state constitution's prohibition on mid-decade congressional redistricting, compactness and contiguity requirements, and equal protection clause.
