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New York’s Abortion Shield Law Survives First Challenge by Texas
A New York trial court ruled against Texas in an ongoing fight over whether New York must recognize Texas’s legal judgments against New York abortion providers.
Assurecare Adult Home v. Bolina
Washington Supreme Court will consider a challenge by residential caregivers to elderly and disabled adults to an exclusion in the state's minimum wage law for live-in caregivers, brought under the state constitution's "privileges and immunities" clause.
States Pass Constitutional Amendments on Redistricting, Parental Rights, Water Preservation, and More
Californians approved a much-watched amendment that allows the use of a new congressional map.
J.P. Morgan Chase v. City of Corsicana
Texas Supreme Court will consider whether a state constitutional provision authorizing publicly-funded economic development programs is subject to the state constitution's "gift clauses," restricting grants of public money to private entities.
State v. McFarland
Connecticut Supreme Court held that the state constitution’s due process provisions require a more protective balancing test for pre-arrest delay than the approach adopted by the majority of federal circuits under the federal due process clause.
Hicks v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court held that mandatory life without parole sentences for young adults who are over 18 do not violate the state constitution’s criminal punishment or equal protection clauses.
Case Trends: State Courts Shape the Right to Vote
State high courts continue to settle disputes over voting and election processes, including obstacles to by-mail voting — and to define the right to vote under their own constitutions.
Resistance to Public Policies Assisting the Poor
Property owners have challenged programs meant to assist vulnerable populations, alleging they are unconstitutional takings of private property for public use.
State v. McLain
Maine Supreme Court held that the state constitution's privilege against self-incrimination provides greater protection than the federal Fifth Amendment with respect to waiving that privilege.
Lyon v. Riverside Methodist Hospital
Ohio Court of Appeals held that a law capping noneconomic damages for medical malpractice claims does not facially violate state constitutional due process or equal protection, but did violate those guarantees as applied to the plaintiff whose award was signficantly reduced for extreme injuries.
