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

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

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

Local governments are seeking to hold fossil fuel companies financially liable for climate change-related damages, so far with limited success.

Although the death penalty is legal for federal crimes, the validity of the punishment under state constitutions and statutes varies widely.

Although the death penalty is legal for federal crimes, the validity of the punishment under state constitutions and statutes varies widely.

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

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

Legal advocates should push for expansive court interpretations of new state constitutional amendments.

The data on state constitutional amendments shows the broad range of rights affected and how reformers approach changes to the documents.

The data on state constitutional amendments shows the broad range of rights affected and how reformers approach changes to the documents.

Texas woman Tierra Walker died after she was denied a medically necessary abortion, her family claims in a new law suit.

Texas woman Tierra Walker died after she was denied a medically necessary abortion, her family claims in a new law suit.

Issues on the dockets include voting by corporations, congressional redistricting, National Guard deployment, and an abortion-ban challenge by religious plaintiffs.

Issues on the dockets include voting by corporations, congressional redistricting, National Guard deployment, and an abortion-ban challenge by religious plaintiffs.

The Delaware Supreme Court will hear an appeal challenging the state constitutionality of a town charter that lets corporations vote, as lawmakers consider an amendment to ban the practice.

Individual liberties are embedded in the DNA of Texas, its constitution, and its proud people.

With federal privacy protections receding or unsettled, state constitutions can provide a necessary shield.

The law at issue is part of a national trend involving legislators responding to losses by changing who hears constitutional cases.

With federal privacy protections receding or unsettled, state constitutions can provide a necessary shield.

Issues on the dockets include voting by corporations, congressional redistricting, National Guard deployment, and an abortion-ban challenge by religious plaintiffs.

Issues on the dockets include voting by corporations, congressional redistricting, National Guard deployment, and an abortion-ban challenge by religious plaintiffs.

The demise of Roe v. Wade has raised a host of religious liberty questions that were submerged prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s

With federal privacy protections receding or unsettled, state constitutions can provide a necessary shield.

The redistricting race to the bottom continues to negatively affect voters.

Starting Sep 11 at 11:00 AM EDT

Across the United States, states have shown little progress with respect to racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity among state supreme court justices.

State supreme courts face race, gender, and background gaps. And once on the bench, judges aren’t always held to the same standard.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court left in place this week a Missouri Supreme Court decision blocking use of the state’s new congressional map in the coming midterm elections, separate federal litigation i...

Issues on the dockets include voting by corporations, congressional redistricting, National Guard deployment, and an abortion-ban challenge by religious plaintiffs.

Across the United States, states have shown little progress with respect to racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity among state supreme court justices.

Across the United States, states have shown little progress with respect to racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity among state supreme court justices.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court left in place this week a Missouri Supreme Court decision blocking use of the state’s new congressional map in the coming midterm elections, separate federal litigation i...

Though the U.S. Supreme Court left in place this week a Missouri Supreme Court decision blocking use of the state’s new congressional map in the coming midterm elections, separate federal litigation i...

Resources on State Courts, Constitutions, and Careers

Missouri Supreme Court held that a referendum on the legislature's new congressional map was permitted by the state constitution and sufficient for the November ballot, and ruled that the state's prio...

Nine states have amended their constitutions to eliminate or narrow the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. The exception exists in the federal 13th Amendment.

Resources on State Courts, Constitutions, and Careers

The state supreme court previously required clarification of suspects’ intent when it is unclear if they invoked their right to counsel. But now, the focus is on what an officer does, not what the sus...

Issues on the dockets include voting by corporations, congressional redistricting, National Guard deployment, and an abortion-ban challenge by religious plaintiffs.

The constitution was explicitly intended to enshrine white supremacy. More than a century later, it is stifling the state’s education system.