Campaign finance ballot measures are up for a vote in key states as public frustration with the role of money in politics grows. With vast amounts of money flowing to political candidates and ...

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

The Connecticut Supreme Court’s six-factor test for construing the state constitution has frequently resulted in greater criminal procedural protections than under its federal counterpart.

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

Oregon’s constitution is a story of transformation. What began as an utterly conventional document tainted by racism and an ...

Jack Landau is a Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Willamette University College of Law and an adjunct professor of law at Lewis and Clark Law School. He retired from the Oregon Supreme Court in ...

The episode began after a November 2025 special election on a ballot measure to redraw California’s congressional districts. The proposed map was drawn to favor Democrats and was championed by Gov.

Over the last decade, roughly three dozen cities, states, and tribes across the United States have sued oil and gas companies for climate change-related costs. The lawsuits, collectively known as ...

Judicial races will shape courts across the country and set up 2028 fights for majority control in Montana and North Carolina. While these decisions made headlines, receiving less attention thus far ...

This essay is part of a 50-state series about the nation’s constitutions. We’ve asked an expert from each state to dive into their constitution, narrate its history, identify its quirks, and summarize ...

Pregnant women experiencing medical emergencies have been turned away from hospitals in states that ban abortion, despite a federal statute specifying that hospitals must provide stabilizing treatment ...

Pregnant women experiencing medical emergencies have been turned away from hospitals in states that ban abortion, despite a ...