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Smith v. Fontes
The Arizona Supreme Court held an election statute requiring the Secretary of State to double count some invalid signatures violated the U.S. and state constitutions because it effectively raised the 15% signature threshold for proposing a constitutional amendment via initiative to 15.2%
State v. Alford
The Montana Supreme Court held that the mandatory minimum custodial sentence for felony DUIs was not facially unconstitutional under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause in the state's constitution
State v. Roberts
Oregon Supreme Court held that state's failure to appoint counsel for an indigent criminal defendant for an extended time period violates the right to counsel and imposed a general rule for how long before dismissal without prejudice is required
State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Scott County
Iowa Supreme Court ruled that trial court acted beyond its authority when it did not accept public defender's representation that it had a temporary overload of cases
Texas Parental Rights Amendment Threatens to Invalidate Child Abuse Laws
During oral arguments in a child abuse case, some Texas Supreme Court justices seemed open to the possibility that the amendment protected parental violence against children.
Maxine Eichner
Maxine Eichner is the Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Naomi Cahn
Naomi Cahn is the Anthony M. Kennedy Professor of Law, and Co-Director of the Family Law Center, at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC
Delaware Supreme Court upheld corporate law changes that retroactively alter the standard of review and relief the Chancery Court may award for certain transactions involving controlling shareholders
State Constitutions Could Bar State and Local Police Collaboration with ICE
Case law in multiple states suggests state and local officials who cooperate in federal abuses might run afoul of their own state constitutions.
