Voters will decide whether to amend their state constitutions on topics that include voting, abortion, transgender rights, ...
This interview is part of a series of conversations with state judges and justices. Justice Todd Eddins was appointed to the Hawaii Supreme Court in 2000 after spending three years as a state circuit ...
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.
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.
Hon. 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 ...
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 ...
Issues on the dockets include seats on a swing-state election board, prosecutors’ cooperation with ICE, and birth certificate changes for transgender individuals. Each month, State Court Report ...
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 ...
State lawmakers long neglected the requirement of putting to the public whether to hold a state constitutional convention. Recently, the governor proclaimed he can force the question.
You’re reading State Court Report’s biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox. Christa Pike’s botched execution in Tennessee last week has generated new scrutiny of the death penalty.
Dmitry Bam is a professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law.
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