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The Public Defender Who Just Won Power Over Confirming Massachusetts Judges
Daniel Nichanian
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August 22, 2023
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts
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Quinn Yeargain
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June 6, 2023
New Jersey Is Poised for Its First Ever Public Defender Justice
Chris Geidner
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April 20, 2023
New York’s Highest Court Takes a Step to the Left, Maybe
Daniel Nichanian
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January 27, 2023
A Texas ‘Crime Stopper’ Targeting Reform Judges Could Gain More Power Over Them
Michael Barajas
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December 22, 2022
Kathy Hochul Pushes New York’s Highest Court to the Right
Daniel Nichanian
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July 12, 2022
New York’s Chief Judge Resigns, Breaking Up High Court’s Right-Leaning Majority
Sam Mellins
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April 13, 2022
The Unwritten Senate Rule Blocking New Jersey Governor’s Nominees
Nikita Biryukov
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March 21, 2022
“Dystopian” Loophole for Georgia Judicial Elections Gives Brian Kemp the Last Laugh
Daniel Nichanian
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June 7, 2021
Cuomo’s Nominee to New York’s Highest Court Alarms Criminal Justice Reformers
Kyle C. Barry
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October 9, 2020
Governor Newsom Adds Another Prosecutor to the California Supreme Court
Kyle C. Barry
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April 23, 2020
A New Supreme Court Justice Could Swing Criminal Justice Decisions in Washington
Kyle C. Barry
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March 12, 2020
Courts Set Policy and an Illinois Candidate Wants to Finally Talk About It
Kyle C. Barry
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