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A Michigan Prosecutor on the Importance of State Judicial Elections
State courts, including lower courts, decide issues critical to the communities they serve, but judicial races are too frequently overlooked.
Adam Littlestone-Luria
Adam Littlestone-Luria is a New York-based attorney and holds a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley.
Helen Hershkoff
Helen Hershkoff is the Herbert and Svetlana Wachtell Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties at New York University School of Law. She is also a board member of the Brennan Center for...
‘History and Tradition’ in State Courts
Louisiana offers a potent argument that state courts need not march in lockstep with federal courts’ reliance on originalism.
When Does the U.S. Supreme Court Review State Court Decisions?
State courts have the final word on state law, but when federal law is involved, it can be complicated.
State v. Fair
Ruled that prosecution for terroristic threats premised on a mens rea of recklessness was constitutionally sufficient to satisfy both the First Amendment and state constitution's affirmative right to free speech
State v. Wilson
Held that Hawaii's Constitution does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms and, thus, provides no state right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.
Rand v. New Hampshire
Trial court granted partial summary judgment to plaintiffs, finding that allowing municipalities to retain property tax collections in excess of the amount required for adequate education violated state constitution
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in October
Issues on the dockets include mail-in voting, line-item vetoes, and life-without-parole sentences.
Knopp v. Griffin-Valade
Upheld secretary of state’s interpretation of ballot measure disqualifying state legislators from seeking reelection if they accrued more than ten unexcused absences as applying to the legislator’s next term of office
