One year ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned 50 years of precedent and held there is no federal constitutional right to abortion. In the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Court’s ...

Some state courts weighed historical evidence and found abortion rights protections, diverging from the U.S. Supreme Court’s approach in Dobbs. UPDATE: UCLA Law’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law, ...

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

District Court of Denver - Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law February 13, 2026 ...

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

This op-ed is the first in a series by contributors to SLoG Law Blog, an online publication devoted to state and local law issues. As fires burned in Los Angeles this year — in what was possibly the ...

You’re reading our series on 2025 state constitutional trends. All cases are available in our curated State Case Database. State courts considered an array of questions related to gun rights in 2025.

The Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook have understandably been read as cases about presidential control over executive officers. But they may have implications ...

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

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 ...

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 ...