The Maryland Supreme Court is considering appeals in the murder case of Adnan Syed, made famous by the “Serial” podcast. Over the last 40 years, there has been a quiet revolution in the constitutional ...

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

The episode began after a November 2025 special election on a ballot measure to redraw California’s congressional districts.

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

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

UPDATE: On April 22, 2026, the Ninth Circuit granted the federal government’s motion for an injunction pending appeal, blocking California from enforcing its mandatory identification law that was ...

The rights to both abortion care and gender-affirming care should derive from the same constitutional protections, including those for bodily autonomy, medical decision-making, liberty, privacy, and ...

Oregon’s constitution is a story of transformation. What began as an utterly conventional document tainted by racism and an ...

Polls show a majority of Americans disapprove of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is doing its job, with outrage stoked by a surge in immigration arrests across the country and multiple ...

Bryna Godar is a staff attorney for the State Democracy Research Initiative at University of Wisconsin Law School, which filed an amici curiae brief in Evers v. Marklein on behalf of a group of legal ...

State high courts continue to settle disputes over voting and election processes, including obstacles to by-mail voting — and to define the right to vote under their own constitutions. While some ...