Jun 3 2013 Publication Federalist Society Review Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder: Must Congress Update the Voting Rights Act’s Coverage Formula for Preclearance? Michael R. Dimino Engage Volume 14, Issue 1 February 2013 Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires “covered jurisdictions”—mostly, but not exclusively, in the...
Apr 24 2013 Publication State Court Docket Watch Virginia Supreme Court Expands Wrongful Discharge Cause of Action Michael I. Krauss State Court Docket Watch Article, Spring 2013 In Van Buren v. Grubb,1 the Virginia Supreme Court ruled for the first time that...
Mar 25 2013 Publication State Court Docket Watch Alabama Supreme Court Adopts “Innovator Liability” John J. Park State Court Docket Watch Article, Spring 2013 In Wyeth, Inc. v. Weeks, the Supreme Court of Alabama, by an 8-1 margin, adopted...
Jan 10 2013 Publication White Papers Tort Reform Update: Recently Enacted Legislative Reforms and State Court Challenges Andrew Cook State Courts White Paper Introduction Since the 2010 elections altered the makeup of many state legislative and executive...
Apr 1 2008 Podcast SCOTUScast 4-1-08 featuring Kevin Newsom Kevin C. Newsom Riley v. Kennedy On March 24, 2008, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Riley v. Kennedy. At...
Sep 28 2012 Publication Federalist Society Review Testimony on the "Democracy Restoration Act" Roger B. Clegg Engage Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2012 Note from the Editor: This paper is based on testimony given by the author before...
May 17 2012 Publication Federalist Society Review School Discipline and Disparate Impact John R. Martin Engage Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2012 Note from the Editor: This paper analyzes the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed use of...
Mar 31 2016 Podcast V.L. v. E.L. - Post-Decision SCOTUScast Robin Fretwell Wilson SCOTUScast 3-30-16 featuring Robin Fretwell Wilson On March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court decided V.L. v. E.L., a case involving an...
May 8 2012 Publication State Court Docket Watch Pennsylvania Supreme Court Vacates Trial Court's Denial of a Minor's Application to Obtain an Abortion Steven J. Willis, Jordan E. Pratt State Court Docket Watch Spring 2012 On December 22, 2011, in a case of first impression,1 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated...
Mar 14 2012 Publication White Papers A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections Chris W. Bonneau State Courts White Paper The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...
Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder: Must Congress Update the Voting Rights Act’s Coverage Formula for Preclearance?
Michael R. Dimino
Engage Volume 14, Issue 1 February 2013
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires “covered jurisdictions”—mostly, but not exclusively, in the...
Virginia Supreme Court Expands Wrongful Discharge Cause of Action
Michael I. Krauss
State Court Docket Watch Article, Spring 2013
In Van Buren v. Grubb,1 the Virginia Supreme Court ruled for the first time that...
Alabama Supreme Court Adopts “Innovator Liability”
John J. Park
State Court Docket Watch Article, Spring 2013
In Wyeth, Inc. v. Weeks, the Supreme Court of Alabama, by an 8-1 margin, adopted...
Tort Reform Update: Recently Enacted Legislative Reforms and State Court Challenges
Andrew Cook
State Courts White Paper
Introduction Since the 2010 elections altered the makeup of many state legislative and executive...
SCOTUScast 4-1-08 featuring Kevin Newsom
Kevin C. Newsom
Riley v. Kennedy
On March 24, 2008, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Riley v. Kennedy. At...
Testimony on the "Democracy Restoration Act"
Roger B. Clegg
Engage Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2012
Note from the Editor: This paper is based on testimony given by the author before...
School Discipline and Disparate Impact
John R. Martin
Engage Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2012
Note from the Editor: This paper analyzes the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed use of...
V.L. v. E.L. - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
Robin Fretwell Wilson
SCOTUScast 3-30-16 featuring Robin Fretwell Wilson
On March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court decided V.L. v. E.L., a case involving an...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Vacates Trial Court's Denial of a Minor's Application to Obtain an Abortion
Steven J. Willis, Jordan E. Pratt
State Court Docket Watch Spring 2012
On December 22, 2011, in a case of first impression,1 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated...
A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections
Chris W. Bonneau
State Courts White Paper
The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...