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Sagoonick v. State of Alaska II
Alaska Supreme Court will consider whether law requiring the state to develop a natural gas project violates youth plaintiffs' rights to equal access and sustained yield of public trust resources and to a climate system that sustains human life
Gun Owners of America v. City of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether a state law regulating firearms preempts Philadelphia's ban on ghost guns and whether a claim the ban violates the state constitutional right to bear arms was waived
Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution v. State of Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court upheld school-choice program, finding it did not violate legislature's duty to maintain a uniform system of free public schools or the public purpose doctrine
In Re: Judge Mark B. Cohen
Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed suspension of sitting judge who posted partisan comments on social media, holding new balancing test applied to his speech
Maggard v. State
Missouri voters seek a court order suspending use of the legislature’s new congressional map until voters have a chance to approve or reject that map in a referendum
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in March
Issues on the dockets include mid-decade redistricting, ghost guns, a challenge to a DOJ request for voter data, gender-affirming care for minors, and SpaceX rocket launches.
Commonwealth v. Council for Better Education; LaFontaine v. Council for Better Education
Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a law providing for charter schools funds education outside the “system of common schools,” in violation of clauses requiring the legislature to establish such a system and voters to approve such funding
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund v. Stitt
Oklahoma Supreme Court held that a law providing that directors of a trust overseeing allocation of state funds may be removed at will violated a constitutional amendment providing the directors shall serve a specific term
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.
Rand v. New Hampshire
New Hampshire Supreme Court held that statewide property tax scheme that allows a locality to retain tax revenue in excess of what the district needs to fund an adequate education does not violate requirement that state taxes be "uniform in rate;" additional claim related to adequacy of school funding is pending on appeal
