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MacDonald v. Simon
Held that a lawyer with suspended license was not “learned in the law” as required by the Minnesota constitution, and thus was not eligible to run for election as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Battles over Medicaid Funding for Abortion
Congress prohibited Medicaid reimbursement for abortion, but some state supreme courts say similar state-level bans violate their constitutions.
Brown v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed trial court ruling that a city's use of a mobile voting truck for in-person absentee voting violates state statutes, finding the voter plaintiff lacked standing.
Ex parte Jackson Hospital & Clinic
Ruled that the Governor's emergency proclamation limiting healthcare providers' liability for negligence as to COVID-19 was neither unconstitutional under the separation-of-powers clause nor the provision that only the Legislature could suspend laws, nor did it violate the constitutional prohibition on curtailing a right to a remedy
Michael Weinrib
Michael Weinrib is a law student at the University of Wisconsin Law School and an intern at the Brennan Center.
Rachel Seplow
Rachel Seplow is a law student at NYU School of Law and an intern at the Brennan Center.
Mohamed Nur
Mohamed Nur is a law student at Stanford Law School and an intern at the Brennan Center.
Ankita Joshi
Ankita Joshi is a law student at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and an intern at the Brennan Center.
Disability Rights Under State Constitutions
Thirty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, state constitutional anti-discrimination clauses, voting rights, and educational guarantees can expand protections for people with disabilities.
Marcelius Braxton
Marcelius Braxton is the director of the Center for Social Change and Belonging and an affiliate associate teaching professor of Philosophy and African Studies at Penn State University.
