State Supreme Courts

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August 22, 2023

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts

 Daniel Nichanian, , Quinn Yeargain,
July 27, 2023

Wisconsin’s Election Office In Limbo After GOP Tries To Force Out Its Director

 Cameron Joseph,
June 27, 2023

Supreme Court Refuses to Empower State Legislatures to Run Elections as They Please

 Quinn Yeargain,
June 6, 2023

New Jersey Is Poised for Its First Ever Public Defender Justice

 Chris Geidner,
May 11, 2023

The ‘Stop the Steal’ Judge Who Wants a Seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

 Alex Burness,
April 20, 2023

New York’s Highest Court Takes a Step to the Left, Maybe

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 5, 2023

Liberals Flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court After Fifteen-Year Wait

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 30, 2023

“This Election Is So Quiet”: Inside the Scramble to Mobilize Milwaukee in a High-Stakes Judge Race

 Katjusa Cisar,
February 22, 2023

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Runoff Takes Shape as Referendum on Abortion and Democracy

 Daniel Nichanian,
February 3, 2023

North Carolina Supreme Court Signals It May Roll Back Voting Rights for Thousands

 Kelan Lyons,
January 6, 2023

South Carolina Supreme Court Recognizes that Privacy Rights Protect Abortion Access

 Quinn Yeargain,
December 22, 2022

Kathy Hochul Pushes New York’s Highest Court to the Right

 Daniel Nichanian,
November 15, 2022

Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights

 Bolts Staff,
October 3, 2022

Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice, Part of a Court Majority to Shield Voting Rights, Died on Friday

 Daniel Nichanian,
August 30, 2022

“Stay Wrong”: When State Supreme Courts Fought Back

 Austin Field,
August 12, 2022

Michigan Supreme Court Restricts “Cruel” Treatment of Youth in Run of Major Decisions

 Chris Geidner,
July 12, 2022

New York’s Chief Judge Resigns, Breaking Up High Court’s Right-Leaning Majority

 Sam Mellins,
June 30, 2022

What All State Constitutions Say About Abortion, and Why It Matters

 Quinn Yeargain,
May 25, 2022

Conservative Loses Bid to Oust Arkansas Supreme Court Justice

 Daniel Nichanian,
May 11, 2022

Your State-by-State Guide to the 2022 Supreme Court Elections

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 13, 2022

The Unwritten Senate Rule Blocking New Jersey Governor’s Nominees

 Nikita Biryukov,
March 28, 2022

“Designed to End Protesting”: Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Protesters Guilty by Association

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 24, 2022

Supreme Court Elections May Re-Open Gerrymandering Floodgates in Two Key States

 Billy Corriher,
March 22, 2022

Despite Federal Gains, Public Defenders Largely Missing from State Supreme Courts

 Rachel M. Cohen,
March 9, 2022

Supreme Court Signals It May Empower Legislatures to Subvert Elections

 Cristian Farias,
June 7, 2021

Cuomo’s Nominee to New York’s Highest Court Alarms Criminal Justice Reformers

 Kyle C. Barry,
March 17, 2021

Landmark Rulings Show ‘Untapped Potential’ of State Courts To Advance Civil Rights

 Daniel Nichanian,
Cheri Beasley and Paul Newby
October 22, 2020

Civil Rights Loom Large in North Carolina’s Supreme Court Elections

 Kyle C. Barry,
October 9, 2020

Governor Newsom Adds Another Prosecutor to the California Supreme Court

 Kyle C. Barry,
April 23, 2020

A New Supreme Court Justice Could Swing Criminal Justice Decisions in Washington

 Kyle C. Barry,
April 2, 2020

Tuesday’s Supreme Court Race Is the Latest Chapter in Wisconsin’s Heated Power Struggle

 Kyle C. Barry,
March 25, 2020

Some Supreme Courts Are Helping Shrink Jails to Stop Outbreaks. Others Are Lagging Behind.

 Kyle C. Barry,
August 22, 2023

Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court

 Quinn Yeargain,