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State v. Pulizzi
Ruled that the criminal defendant did not have an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in his curbside garbage based on the city's waste collection ordinance requiring special permission from the city for an exemption from waste collection service
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.
Richard Michael Fay v. David Pedro
Oregon trial court found the corrections department had unconstitutionally inflicted cruel and unusual punishment and unnecessary rigor by failing to provide adequate medical treatment and diagnosis to an inmate for serious injuries sustained in prison, and ordered specific medical care to be provided.
Huskey v. Oregon Department of Corrections
Oregon Supreme Court considered whether a state constitutional clause providing that inmates should work or engage in on-the-job training while in custody but have no “legally enforceable right” to a job, training, or compensation, precludes an inmate who does not get such assignments from suing for lost wages. The court held the clause is not a barrier to pleading a claim for economic damages based on lost future income.
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.
Mitchell v. University of North Carolina Board of Governors
North Carolina Supreme Court held that state courts interpreting state administrative regulations must employ de novo review and overruled any intermediate decision requiring deference to an agency's interpretation of its rules.
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.
