All Articles tagged state supreme courts

State Constitutional Commentary
December 24, 2024 EDT
AN EXPLORATION OF JUDICIAL SELECTION METHODS OF STATE HIGH COURTS
Hon. Leslie E. SteinJohn KowalChad OldfatherNoah RosenblumDavid Sachar
This Panel examined historical and current judicial selection methods of state supreme courts around the nation, noting the importance state high courts play in upholding democratic ideals.
State Constitutional Commentary
December 24, 2024 EDT
PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING CASES IN STATE SUPREME COURTS IN THE 2020S REDISTRICTING ROUND
Jonathan CervasBernard GrofmanScott MatsudaJustine Kawa
This Essay examines redistricting lawsuits before state high courts, focusing on partisan gerrymandering cases, an area that has fallen to state courts to police since the 2019 Rucho SCOTUS decision.
State Constitutional Commentary
June 13, 2024 EDT
IDEOLOGICAL COMPETITION OVER STATE SUPREME COURT SELECTION METHODS
Stephen J. Ware
This Article shows that ideological competition over selection methods continues in several states, which ostensibly provide supreme court elections, but in practice nearly always appoint their justices.
State Constitutional Commentary
March 18, 2020 EDT
CHIEF STATE SUPREME COURTS JUSTICES, FROM JUDICIAL ELECTIONS TO DECISION MAKING: WOMEN’S ISSUES IN THE TRUMP ERA
Cynthia Boyer
This article aims to tackle the issue of women as chief justices in State Supreme Court in the Trump era.
State Constitutional Commentary
December 13, 2017 EDT
LINDE’S LEGACY: THE TRIUMPH OF OREGON STATE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, 1970-2000
Richard S. Price
Instead of building a new, independent state constitutional law, state supreme courts still rely primarily on federal doctrine with only occasional state decisions offered on an ad hoc basis.
State Constitutional Commentary
December 02, 2015 EDT
STATE SUPREME COURTS AND SHARED NETWORKING: THE DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION POLICY
Shane A. GleasonRobert M. Howard
This study extends both the interdependent assumptions of social network analysis and the policy diffusion literatures to state supreme courts by examining education policy diffusion.