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Jessica Bulman-Pozen
Jessica Bulman-Pozen is a Betts Professor of Law and a director of the Center for Constitutional Governance at Columbia Law School
2024’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases
Legal experts identified the most important cases that advanced state constitutional rights this year.
Grisham v. Van Soelen
Held that partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable and gave guidance to lower courts resolving such a claim
Stuart DeButts
Stuart DeButts is a student at CUNY School of Law and a former intern with the Brennan Center for Justice.
In re Opinion of the Justices
Held that constitution authorized legislature to adopt into law several proposed ballot measures without change
Stephen Vladeck
Stephen Vladeck is a law professor at Georgetown University and editor and author of the Supreme Court newsletter One First.
SCOTUS’s Declining State Criminal Appeals
The disappearance of state criminal appeals from the high court’s docket is profoundly problematic for the rights of criminal defendants and civil rights plaintiffs.
ARKK Properties, LLC v. Cameron
Held that statute permitting officials sued for alleged constitutional violations to compel transfer of the suit to another randomly-selected circuit court violates separation of powers
Anderson v. Clarke
Virginia Supreme Court affirmed denial of habeas petition claiming state Department of Corrections wrongly interpreted a budget provision related to sentencing credits, violating ex post facto and due process clauses
We Need to Know More About State Supreme Court Cases
State high courts interpret laws that impact some of the most intimate parts of our lives. Communities have a right to know what’s on the docket.
