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Terry Hubbard v. State
Florida Supreme Court will consider whether a statewide prosecution office, created by an amendment limiting its jurisdiction to crimes occurring in or affecting multiple judicial circuits, may prosecute a person accused of voting while ineligible
Arrest of Black Pastor for Refusing to Show ID Reaches Alabama Supreme Court
A federal trial court asked the state high court to weigh in on whether police violated the law when they arrested a man who was watering his neighbors’ garden.
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
A Conversation with Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Welch
Welch discusses the challenges of artificial intelligence, Michigan’s protection of natural resources, and the potential value in career disappointments.
The Other Declarations of 1776
A number of states adopted constitutions, including Declarations of Rights, the same year the nation was born.
Onondaga v. New York
New York Court of Appeals upheld law that would change many county and town elections to even years to align with state and federal contests, finding it does not violate state constitutional home rule or voting rights
State Law Gives Litigators Extra Tools to Counter Originalism
Unique features of state courts allow lawyers to go beyond arguments available in federal courts.
The Untold Story of 150 Years of Women in State Judiciaries
A focus on the U.S. Constitution and federal judges has obscured a longer and more complex history of women serving on state benches — and how state constitutions mattered in their rise.
State v. Michael Sharpe
Connecticut Supreme Court held that neither the police’s collection of DNA from a discarded belt, nor the subsequent analysis of that DNA solely for purposes of identifying the defendant, violated his privacy rights
White v. Stitt
Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down law creating new business courts in the state’s two most populous counties
