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The Wisconsin Governor's Creative Use of Line-Item Veto Extended School Funding by 400 Years
The governor deleted words, numbers, and punctuation from a bill to change its meaning.
State v. German
Ruled that warrantless blood draw based on implied consent statute violated constitutional right against unreasonable invasions of privacy, but statute was facially constitutional
The Marcellus Shale Coalition v. Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
Ruled that state agencies acted within their authority consistent with the constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment when they promulgated regulations for unconventional gas wells
Schlumberger Tech. Corp. v. Paredes
Ruled that employer’s benefits payments to injured employee could not shorten statute of limitations to file a claim without violating due process
Harper v. Hall
Ruled that partisan gerrymandering claims present a political question that is nonjusticiable under the North Carolina Constitution
The Right to Petition in State Constitutions, Explained
Some states protect citizens’ right to make requests of or complaints against the government more broadly than the federal Constitution.
State v. Horton
Ruled that imposing life sentence on defendant under amended recidivist statute did not violate state constitution’s ex post facto and proportionality clauses
Indigenous Lifeways v. New Mexico Compilation Commission Advisory Committee
Ruled that ballot measure proposing constitutional amendment to reform a regulatory commission did not violate constitution’s single-measure rule
Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost
Plaintiffs claim that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the fundamental right of individual liberty, as well as equal protection and due process guarantees
State v. Abu Youm
Dissent argued that majority fails to meaningfully apply Iowa’s two-part test concerning community caretaking exception to rule against unreasonable searches
