Amanda Powers

Oct 10, 2023 | statecourtreport.org | Alicia Bannon |Michael Kang |Amanda Powers |Douglas Keith

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a state constitutional case brought by voters challenging the state’s Republican-drawn legislative maps. That same day, Justice Janet Protasiewicz, who was elected to the court in April, denied a recusal request from the GOP-controlled legislature. Protasiewicz’s election, which shattered national records for judicial election spending, brought a liberal majority to the court for the first time in 15 years.

Sep 28, 2023 | statecourtreport.org | Mary Ziegler |Amanda Powers |Michael Milov-Cordoba |Robyn Sanders

Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, state courts have moved to the center of the nation’s abortion wars. There are still key battles in federal court: over the application of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to state laws denying abortion access in medical emergencies or challenges to the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to approve the abortion drug mifepristone.

Sep 12, 2023 | statecourtreport.org | Amanda Powers |Marcus Gadson |Alicia Bannon |Douglas Keith

We’re excited to introduce you to State Court Report, a nonpartisan source for news, resources, and commentary focused on state courts and state constitutional development. It’s the first and only website dedicated to covering state constitutional cases and trends in high courts across the 50 states. All too often, popular commentary has treated the U.S. Supreme Court as the only word that matters on constitutional rights.

May 15, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Amanda Powers |Alicia Bannon |Michael Milov-Cordoba |Michael Waldman

In July 2019, the Brennan Center for Justice published State Supreme Court Diversity, which detailed stark racial, ethnic, and gender disparities on state high courts across the country, drawing on more than 60 years of data. This year, we updated the analysis with data on the composition of state supreme courts as of May 15, 2023, including updated information on justices’ demographic and professional backgrounds.