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State Constitutional Protections for Transgender People After Skrmetti
A review of recent litigation in state courts provides hints about the future of trans rights.
Drummond v. Statewide Virtual Charter Schoolboard
Ruled that the state education board’s approval of a Catholic school's application to be a public charter school violated the Oklahoma Constitution, the federal Establishment Clause, and the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act
People v. Flores
Ruled that trying to avoid contact with or being seen by police is not enough to allow police to detain a person or hold them for questioning.
Joshua M. v. State
Three siblings who spent years of their childhood in the foster care system, where they suffered sexual and physical abuse, were barred by sovereign immunity from bringing claims against the state relating to that abuse.
Fleischmann v. Aguilar
The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision denying a request for declaratory judgment brought by opponents of a Republican-backed ballot initiative that would require voters to present photo identification
Rodriguez-Williams v. Johnson
Held that state legislators and anti-abortion organization did not have a right to intervene in an action challenging the constitutionality of state statutes restricting abortion
Jane Doe v. Manchester School District
Plaintiff claims that school district's policy that staff generally should not inform parents when a student identifies as gender nonconforming, absent student consent, violates parents' rights
Syed v. Lee
Maryland Supreme Court held that victim's representatives had a right to participate in person a hearing on a motion to vacate defendant's conviction under state constitution's requirement that crime victims be treated with dignity and sensitivity
Naomi Young
Naomi Young is a law and policy associate at the ERA Project at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law.
Putting State Equal Rights Amendments to Work
A new initiative aims to integrate sex equality principles at every stage of policymaking.