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Atencio v. State of New Mexico
Plaintiffs have sought review from the New Mexico Supreme Court of an appellate court decision that dismissed their claim under a state constitutional clause requiring the legislature to control pollution based on that court's interpretation that the clause does not create an individual right the judiciary can enforce or protect
State ex rel. Fitz-James v. Bailey
Missouri Supreme Court ordered the attorney general to approve the fiscal note summaries he had refused to approve for 11 proposed initiatives, including a reproductive rights measure
State v. Cole
Iowa Supreme Court held that, because defendant had consented to a protection order that prohibited him from possessing firearms, he had voluntarily waived any right-to-bear-arms claim arising from that order
Scott-Schwalbach v. Rosenblum
Oregon Supreme Court ordered the attorney general to revise the ballot title for an initiative that would give parents a right to enroll their child in any K-12 public school statewide that had capacity
Kohlhaas v. State
Held that ballot initiative adopting nonpartisan primary election and ranked-choice voting did not infringe on voting rights, political parties’ associational rights, or other constitutional provisions
State v. Sabra Danielson, State v. Simone Nelson
Washington Supreme Court held it does not violate equal protection as a wealth-based classification for a trial court to refund financial obligations paid in cash when a conviction is vacated but to deny reimbursement of community service labor performed in lieu of payment
People v. Kardasz; People v. Martin
Michigan Supreme Court upheld lifetime sexual offender registration against facial and as-applied cruel or unusual punishment challenge; and heard argument in challenges to lifetime electronic monitoring
Persaud-Zamora v. Cegavske
Nevada lower court rewrote the description for a proposed initiative that would have required voters to present certain identification at the polls, in response to challenge that the prior language was misleading
Commonwealth v. Anthony Lewis
Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to adopt stringent test for the evidence required to designate an area “high crime” in order for that circumstance to be a factor in whether reasonable suspicion exists for a police stop, leaving it to the discretion of the suppression court
Texas Department of Family & Protective Services v. Grassroots LeaderShip, Inc.
Held that there is no “public-interest exception” to mootness under the Texas Constitution
