Anya Bidwell

State Court Docket Watch: Bauserman v. Unemployment Insurance Agency

Anya Bidwell

Michigan Supreme Court recognizes remedies for infractions of Michiganders' fundamental state constitutional rights

Late last term, the United States Supreme Court all but eliminated the ability of individuals...

State Court Docket Watch: In re: D.D.

Anya Bidwell

Hard cases make bad law.[1] In re: D.D.[2]—a Maryland policing case involving the odor of...

State Court Docket Watch: Commonwealth v. Barr

Anya Bidwell

 For decades, the plain smell doctrine allowed law enforcement to use the smell of marijuana,...

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Egbert v. Boule

Anya Bidwell, Erin M. Hawley, David R. Stras

A federal statute allows citizens to sue state and local officers for violating constitutional rights,...

State Court Docket Watch: Hamen v. Hamlin County

Anya Bidwell

Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...