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Betsy Zalinski
Betsy Zalinski is a student at New York University and a former intern at the Brennan Center for Justice.
Robertson v. Commonwealth
Ruled that Marsy's Law allowed victims to be present in the courtroom prior to their testimony and there is no right to separation of witnesses
State v. Avoletta
Ruled that law extending the time for filing claims for poor air quality in schools was a private benefit violating the public emoluments clause
Valley Health System v. Murray
Ruled that the constitution allows both the governor and chief justice to designate substitutes for disqualified justices on the supreme court
State v. Kollie
Held that the right to a public trial was not violated when the court held bench conferences within view of the public
An Eventful Summer for State Constitutional Abortion Rights Litigation
State supreme courts addressed abortion rights head on, even as the U.S. Supreme Court punted on similar questions.
Saunders v. Mississippi
Held that portions of a bill restructuring the judiciary in Hinds County violated constitution's requirement that circuit judges be elected
State v. Bell
Ruled that the a police officer may not make a warrantless arrest for a DUI committed outside the officer’s presence
State v. Johnson
Overruled precedent that permitted defendants in camera review of victim’s medical records, in part because of new victim’s rights constitutional provision
Caulkins v. Pritzker
Ruled that state ban on assault weapons with exemptions did not deny equal protection or amount to unconstitutional special legislation
