Judicial races will shape courts across the country and set up 2028 fights for majority control in Montana and North Carolina ...

An appellate court in Tennessee became the latest to reject a significant exception to the federal protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Joshua Windham is an attorney and Elfie Gallun ...

Bryna Godar is a staff attorney for the State Democracy Research Initiative at University of Wisconsin Law School, which filed an amici curiae brief in Evers v. Marklein on behalf of a group of legal ...

Summer has been a productive time for state public law scholars. Here are some new pieces to add to your reading list, spanning topics of federalism and state constitutional law. Multiple new articles ...

Polls show a majority of Americans disapprove of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is doing its job, with outrage stoked by a surge in immigration arrests across the country and multiple ...

Plaintiffs claimed that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the fundamental right of individual liberty, as well as equal protection and due process guarantees ...

Walker v. Paxton Docket number 2026CI22421 Date September 15, 2026 Texas Texas Opinions, Briefs and other Documents Other Documents ...

Two rulings offer lessons for voters, officials, and courts regarding law enforcement seizing election materials during the ...

Issues on the dockets include seats on a swing-state election board, prosecutors’ cooperation with ICE, and birth certificate changes for transgender individuals. Each month, State Court Report ...

Voters approved state constitutional protections for reproductive rights. Now, courts are interpreting what they mean — and not just in cases about abortion. Over the past two and a half years, ...

Recent lawsuits in Wisconsin, New York, and California explore questions about the role of state law in federal immigration enforcement. Immigration enforcement is usually characterized as a federal ...

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. While some ...