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People v. Clark
Held that arrests pursuant to investigative alerts do not automatically violate Illinois Constitution's search and seizure clause
Coleman v. Board of Education
Held that Kentucky Senate Bill 1, a statute that instituted various changes to the duties and responsibilities of a school board relative to those of its superintendent in a county with a consolidated local government, did not violate the Kentucky Constitution's prohibition on special or local legislation, even though the statute only applied to a single county
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. State
Ruled that the statute limiting the right of local citizen initiatives to regulate auxiliary containers did not facially violate the state constitutional provision governing initiative and referendum
The Trouble Between Trump and the States on Education Policy
School services, funding, and DEI programs are at stake.
Dylan Erikson
Dylan Erikson is a student at NYU Law School. He previously participated in the Brennan Center’s Public Policy Advocacy Clinic.
Attorney General Duties Are a Frequent Target of Legislative Gamesmanship
Legislatures in multiple states have stripped power from attorneys general they disagree with politically.
In re Chastain
Held that under art. IV of the North Carolina Constitution, a superior court judge commissioned to replace a recused resident superior court judge had the authority to remove a clerk from her elected office and that removal of a clerk of court may be based on misconduct, even if that conduct would not rise to the level of willful misconduct
Georgia Supreme Court Allows Under-21 Handgun Carry Ban
The court looked to the state’s own constitutional history rather than following recent U.S. Supreme Court gun decisions.
National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Farrar
Held that the Mississippi Constitution, like the federal Constitution, requires state action for due-process violations, and that the university's cooperation with an NCAA investigation did not transform the NCAA into a state actor for the purposes of due process