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Doe v. Minnesota
Left in place a lower court order blocking abortion restrictions relating to mandated physician care, hospitalization, criminalization, parental notification, and informed consent for violating the state constitution
Pima County. v. State
Held that taxes levied to pay for desegregation expenses, which are subject to the Arizona Constitution's one percent limit on residential property taxes, are not "primary property taxes"
The Trouble Between Trump and the States on Education Policy
School services, funding, and DEI programs are at stake.
Dylan Erikson
Dylan Erikson is a student at NYU Law School. He previously participated in the Brennan Center’s Public Policy Advocacy Clinic.
Sellers v. People
The Colorado Supreme Court rejected claims that the life-without-parole sentence of a man convicted of felony murder violated the federal Eighth Amendment or Colorado's constitutional cognate
State ex rel. Dudley v. Yost
Ohio Supreme Court granted limited writ of mandamus ordering attorney general to examine the summary of an initiative petition related to automatic voter registration and other voting processes and, if the summary is a fair and truthful statement of the proposed amendment, certify and advance the petition
State v. Thompson
Ruled that state constitutional and statutory provisions required a concurrence of only ten jurors for acquittal for offenses committed before January 1, 2019
Attorney General Duties Are a Frequent Target of Legislative Gamesmanship
Legislatures in multiple states have stripped power from attorneys general they disagree with politically.
Georgia Supreme Court Allows Under-21 Handgun Carry Ban
The court looked to the state’s own constitutional history rather than following recent U.S. Supreme Court gun decisions.
People v. Loew
Held that a presiding judge’s ex parte communications to the prosecutor did not violate defendant's constitutional rights
