Dec 22 2021 Topics State Courts Blog Post State Courts & AGs Welcome, Justice Young! Karen J. Lugo Austin Federalist Society chapter lawyers and students welcomed recently-appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young at their...
Dec 22 2021 Topics Religious Liberty • State Courts Blog Post State Courts & AGs Texas Legislature, Voters Approve Pro-Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment Cory Liu On November 2, 2021, Texas voters approved an amendment to their state constitution prohibiting government...
Apr 2 2021 Topics State Courts Blog Post News Florida Adopts the Federal Summary Judgment Standard Jason Gonzalez, Rachel Procaccini On December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court prospectively amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510(c), adopting...
Dec 21 2020 Topics State Courts Blog Post State Courts & AGs Pennsylvania Appellate Court Agrees to Rehear Decision Invalidating Federal Tort Law Mark A. Behrens The Federalist Society’s 2020 Civil Justice Update, published on December 2, 2020, included a discussion...
Oct 7 2020 Topics Jurisprudence • State Courts Blog Post State Courts & AGs How Justice Dan Kelly Has Helped Transform the Wisconsin State Supreme Court Charles J. Szafir, Jake Curtis The nation's eyes are focused on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the...
Jun 28 2019 Topics Separation of Powers • State Courts • State Governments Blog Post State Courts & AGs Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Laws Limiting Governor and Attorney General Powers Andrew C. Cook In December 2018, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature enacted legislation during an “extraordinary session” that limited...
Jan 29 2019 Topics State Courts • State Governments • Supreme Court Blog Post News Governor Ron DeSantis Gives the Florida Supreme Court a Conservative Makeover Shortly after taking office as Florida Governor, Republican Ron DeSantis wasted no time in filling...
Jan 14 2019 Topics Administrative Law & Regulation • Election Law • Property Law • State Courts • State Governments • Federalism & Separation of Powers • Environmental Law & Property Rights Blog Post State Courts & AGs Docket Watch: State ex rel. McCann v. Delaware County Board of Elections Matthew R. Byrne, Julie E. Byrne On first glance, State ex rel. McCann v. Delaware County Board of Elections,[1] an...
Jan 14 2019 Topics Election Law • State Courts • State Governments Blog Post State Courts & AGs Docket Watch: Blankenship v. Secretary of State Elbert Lin, Kathryn Boatman After Don Blankenship lost his primary bid to be the Republican candidate in the 2018...
Dec 14 2018 Topics Separation of Powers • State Governments Blog Post News Wisconsin Enacts Laws Limiting Powers of Governor and Attorney General Andrew C. Cook On Tuesday, December 5, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature made national headlines for enacting legislation that...
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Welcome, Justice Young!
Austin Federalist Society chapter lawyers and students welcomed recently-appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young at their...
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Texas Legislature, Voters Approve Pro-Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment
On November 2, 2021, Texas voters approved an amendment to their state constitution prohibiting government...
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Florida Adopts the Federal Summary Judgment Standard
On December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court prospectively amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510(c), adopting...
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Agrees to Rehear Decision Invalidating Federal Tort Law
The Federalist Society’s 2020 Civil Justice Update, published on December 2, 2020, included a discussion...
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How Justice Dan Kelly Has Helped Transform the Wisconsin State Supreme Court
The nation's eyes are focused on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Laws Limiting Governor and Attorney General Powers
In December 2018, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature enacted legislation during an “extraordinary session” that limited...
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Governor Ron DeSantis Gives the Florida Supreme Court a Conservative Makeover
Shortly after taking office as Florida Governor, Republican Ron DeSantis wasted no time in filling...
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Docket Watch: State ex rel. McCann v. Delaware County Board of Elections
On first glance, State ex rel. McCann v. Delaware County Board of Elections,[1] an...
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Docket Watch: Blankenship v. Secretary of State
After Don Blankenship lost his primary bid to be the Republican candidate in the 2018...
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Wisconsin Enacts Laws Limiting Powers of Governor and Attorney General
On Tuesday, December 5, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature made national headlines for enacting legislation that...