The 2026 midterms — the year also marking the 250th anniversary of the United States — include elections for every member of the U.S. House of Representatives, one-third of the U.S. Senate, many state ...

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

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.

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

After a quarter-century ceasefire, the education wars have returned to Ohio. In June, a state trial court granted summary judgment in favor of public school districts and families that challenged Ohio ...

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.

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 ...

The law at issue is part of a national trend involving legislators responding to losses by changing who hears constitutional cases. A case before the Utah Supreme Court will determine whether judicial ...

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