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Recent books and law review articles discuss voter disenfranchisement, separation of church and state, and much more.

State supreme courts are currently center stage, as they face some of the most important issues of our time. But nearly all of the attention is focused on their

PDF Available Here On March 28, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief with five other legal scholars in Baxter v. Philadelp...

Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney Professor Robert Yablon, Faculty Co-Director PDF Available Here Table of Contents Introduction I. Background: The Law of Judicial Recusal A. Federal Constitutional...

Following the 2024 election, we updated our survey of election-related lawsuits to help understand the role of litigation in our elections. This update underscores key themes from our survey of litiga...

August 23, 2024 The University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI) is pleased to announce a Federalism Scholarship Roundtable, to be held on April 25, 2025. The Roundt...

State supreme courts are shaping the law and resolving some of the most consequential issues facing society in ways that are almost impossible for us to see.

Recent articles address states taking policy questions away from courts, standing in election cases, and state shadow dockets.

Adam Sopko, Staff Attorney Published: April 12, 2024 PDF Available Here Introduction In recent years, legal commentators have analyzed—and often criticized—the U.S. Supreme Court’s “shadow docket.”[1]...

On November 8, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief along with five other legal scholars in Clarke v. Wisconsin Electi...