In the shadow of federal law, some state constitutions address American Indian land, taxation, gaming permissions, voting rights, cultural protection, and governance.

Nebraska’s high court ruled the small, specifically defined group could vote in the state. But lawsuits continue across the country.

The Florida Supreme Court issued three opinions Monday that could have a serious impact on reproductive care in Florida and the 2024 presidential election. One upheld a 15-week abortion ban, and the ...

A new law review article offers guidance for state appellate judges interpreting their Eighth Amendment cognates for the first time. Judges, scholars, and practitioners increasingly recognize the ...

Voters will decide whether to amend their state constitutions on topics that include voting, abortion, transgender rights, ...

Voters will decide whether to amend their state constitutions or statutes regarding redistricting, voting, firearm access, parental rights, taxes, and more. Voters in six states will consider ballot ...

The North Carolina Supreme Court ended this month three decades of litigation involving funding the state’s public education system. Although the opinion, part of the well-known Leandro group of cases ...

Abortion-rights ballot measures failed in three other states, including Nebraska, where voters instead amended the constitution to limit abortion access. Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in ...

The Ohio Supreme Court late last year held that police officers who were shot at are victims under the state constitution’s Marsy’s Law amendment, which grants certain protections to crime victims and ...

Suggested Citation: Alicia Bannon, Should Courts Strike Down Unconstitutional Ballot Measures Before They Go to Voters? , ...

You’re reading State Court Report’s biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox. The United States just marked the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. But the law isn’t what it ...

The Texas Supreme Court rejected today a constitutional challenge to the state’s strict abortion laws, holding that the language that provides exceptions to allow abortions when the life of the mother ...