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State Court Docket Watch: Jefferson v. Dane County, Wisconsin
Background On March 25, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers...
State Court Docket Watch: State of Ohio v. Weber
At 4:00 a.m. on February 17, 2018, Frederick Weber’s wife called the police to report...
State Court Docket Watch: Council of Organizations and Others for Education About Parochiaid v. State of Michigan
Michigan’s Supreme Court confirmed that the state’s constitution permits reimbursement to religious schools for costs...
State Court Docket Watch: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexander
Pennsylvania’s highest court has extinguished the automobile exception to the warrant requirement. No warrant is...
State Court Docket Watch: State of Arizona v. Mixton
Note from the Editor: The author of this article, Timothy Sandefur, filed an amicus brief...
State Court Docket Watch: 2020 Edition
In an effort to increase dialogue about state court jurisprudence, the Federalist Society presents State...
State Court Docket Watch: League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa v. Pate
In League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa v. Pate (LULAC v. Pate), the Iowa...
State Court Docket Watch: Texas v. Hollins
In Texas v. Hollins, the Supreme Court of Texas unanimously enjoined the Harris County Clerk...
State Court Docket Watch: Adams v. McMaster
Background In early March, South Carolina’s Governor, Henry McMaster, issued a State of Emergency following...
State Court Docket Watch: In Re Individuals in Custody of the State of Hawai’i
As COVID-19 spread across our country, many jurisdictions struggled with how to protect those in...
State Court Docket Watch: State v. Harris
When does uncertainty regarding enforcement standards constitute an impermissible delegation of legislative authority such that...
2020 Civil Justice Update
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
State Court Docket Watch: State of New Jersey v. Robert Andrews
Can law enforcement compel you to unlock your smartphone to access your texts, phone logs,...
State Court Docket Watch: Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor of Michigan
In the wake of Michigan’s first positive tests for the coronavirus, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared...
State Court Docket Watch: Service Employees International Union, Local 1 v. Vos
I. Introduction In 2018, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Attorney General Brad Schimel were unseated...
State Court Docket Watch: Foster v. Commissioner of Correction
Correctional facilities across the United States house and employ large numbers of people. Keeping these...
State Court Docket Watch: Hawkins v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Background Wisconsin was one of the few swing states in 2016 and was considered a...
State Court Docket Watch: Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
Pennsylvania, like most states in 2020, has seen contested election litigation. In Pennsylvania Democratic Party...