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2 weeks ago | 
statecourtreport.org | Justin Lam |Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith |Eric Petry
In a dispute that has stretched five months past Election Day, a state appeals court ruled last week that over 60,000 North Carolinians who voted in the 2024 state supreme court election will have to prove their eligibility or risk having their ballots thrown out. The court also held that the votes of hundreds of children and dependents born abroad to North Carolinians will not count. The ruling in Griffin v.
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4 weeks ago | 
statecourtreport.org | Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith |Eric Petry |Andrew Garber
On April 1, Wisconsinites will cast their ballots in a state supreme court election that is already the most expensive judicial election in history. The Brennan Center has documented an estimated $66.9 million in spending to date on the race for an open seat on the court, much of it from national figures and groups — all evidence that judicial elections have entered a new era of politicization.
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4 weeks ago | 
statecourtreport.org | Bridget Lavender |Erin Smith |Sarah Kessler
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear arguments over the claims of a former insurance company employee who objected to the company’s Covid-19 vaccine requirement and was fired after she emailed legislators to express her concerns. Opinions, Briefs and other Documents
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1 month ago | 
statecourtreport.org | Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith |Aaron Saiger |Arif Panju
As the Trump administration tries to assert unprecedented influence over education, the ruling reminds us that most educational policy is set at the state and local levels. Last week, a Wyoming trial court ruled in a 186-page opinion that the state was underfunding its public schools in violation of the state constitution and ordered the state legislature to modify the school funding system.
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1 month ago | 
statecourtreport.org | Sarah Kessler |Erin Smith
Will consider whether state “felon in possession” law, as applied to defendants with prior drug felonies, violates the Oregon Constitution’s “right to bear arms” clause or the Second Amendment. Opinions, Briefs and other Documents A project of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law
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1 month ago | 
statecourtreport.org | Eric M. Ruben |Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot |Sarah Kessler |Erin Smith
Issues on the dockets include controversial ballot counting rules, a minimum wage hike, and “dark money” contributions. Each month, State Court Report previews upcoming oral arguments in prominent or interesting state court cases.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
statecourtreport.org | Mary Ziegler |Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith |Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot
Texas has one of the nation’s most stringent abortion bans. Now, it’s going after a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills to a Texas resident — and launching a new era in state court litigation over abortion. Texas’s attorney general is suing the doctor, Margaret Daly Carpenter, in state civil court, claiming she practiced medicine in Texas without a Texas license and improperly aided an abortion.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
statecourtreport.org | Alice Clapman |Erin Smith |Andrew Garber |Michael Milov-Cordoba
Lawmakers asked voters to surrender some of their power to place issues directly on state ballots. Voters refused. Unlike in most democratic countries, United States citizens cannot weigh in on policy questions through a national referendum.
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Nov 19, 2024 | statecourtreport.org | Alice Clapman |Erin Smith |Andrew Garber |Michael Milov-Cordoba
Lawmakers asked voters to surrender some of their power to place issues directly on state ballots. Voters refused. Unlike in most democratic countries, United States citizens cannot weigh in on policy questions through a national referendum.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
statecourtreport.org | Mary Ziegler |Alicia Bannon |Erin Smith |Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot
The dispute over whether the 1849 law bans nearly all abortions in the state is a sign of a “world gone mad,” one justice said. The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week over an 1849 law that state Republicans say bans abortion from contraception to birth, with only very narrow exceptions. After the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v.
