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League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander
South Carolina Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims are nonjusticiable political questions, which state courts cannot review, under the state constitution.
Cathren Cohen
Cathren Cohen is a staff attorney with UCLA Law’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy.
The Power of State Reproductive Freedom Amendments
A new report analyzes the language and effects of recently adopted amendments protecting reproductive rights and highlights their potential for abortion access and beyond.
Raftery v. State Board of Retirement
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that forfeiture of pension benefits required by state law when a state employee is convicted of violating laws applicable to his office did not violate the excessive fines or “cruel or unusual” punishment clause.
The Vermont Constitution: Early Grievances, Notable Early Protections, Still Evolving
The state’s constitution has lasted since 1793, but recent changes rid it of the vestiges of slavery and protect reproductive rights.
State Legalization of Marijuana Is Changing Search and Seizure Jurisprudence
The smell of marijuana, on its own, is no longer considered to be evidence of criminal activity in many jurisdictions.
Do State Constitutions Demand a Monopoly for Public Schools?
Courts across the country are considering whether school-choice programs violate state constitutions.
Ex Parte David Leonard Wood
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals remanded subsequent habeas petition for development of actual innocence claim. Concurrence would hold that state constitution's distinctive protections against erroneous deprivations of life support an independent standard for actual innocence habeas claims involving capital sentences.
Book Excerpt: Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis
Throughout history, state constitutional drafting has involved failure and violent crisis and has sometimes torn us apart rather than brought us together.
