In a quartet of cases, the California Supreme Court last week made its first rulings interpreting the state’s Racial Justice Act (RJA), a landmark statute designed to eradicate racial bias from ...

Some state constitutions have a darkly undemocratic past. Revising and reinterpreting them may provide a pathway to greater ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Kansas courts again are at the epicenter of conflict about reproductive rights in the state. In early August, a district judge in Johnson County handed down a nearly 300-page ruling striking down ...

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 ...