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Scholarship Roundup: September 2024 Back to School Edition
New articles and books cover a wide range of topics related to state constitutions, judiciaries, state-level democracy, and more.
Livingood v. City of Des Moines
Ruled that the city's use of income tax refunds to offset automated traffic citation penalties did not constitute an unconstitutional taking of plaintiffs’ income tax refunds, and the city's attempts to enforce civil penalties for automatic traffic citations did not violate vehicle owners' due process rights
City of St. Louis v. State
Held that Senate Bill No. 26, which in part sought to add statutory procedures for imposing discipline on law enforcement officers, violated the Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution
Florida High Court to Hear Case Alleging Congressional Map Is Racially Discriminatory
Voting rights groups say Gov. Ron DeSantis designed a map that purposely harmed Black voters.
Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Held that state legislative districts violate contiguity requirement of state constitution
In re: Application of Alamo Solar I
Ruled that courts need not defer to agency interpretation of a statute it is responsible for implementing
States Grapple with Problematic Rule from Federal Voting Cases
The Purcell principle, which holds that federal courts should not change voting rules too close to an election, is increasingly being raised in state litigation.
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond
Temporarily halted three state anti-abortion laws, finding that “a limited right to terminate a pregnancy was deeply rooted in Oklahoma’s history and tradition”
Dixon v. City of Auburn
Ruled that city's short-term-rental ordinance does not violate the rights to due process or equal protection
Jackson Public School District v. Jackson Federation of Teachers & PSRPS
Dissent would have held that school district's policies restricting speech by that is critical of the district violates employees' free speech rights
