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October 16, 2024
Nebraskans Rush to Undo Harm, After Court Rebuffs GOP Bid to Block Thousands of Voters
Alex Burness
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September 27, 2024
Arizona GOP Asks Voters to Nullify the Judicial Elections They’ll Be Voting On
Pascal Sabino
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September 19, 2024
“It’s Our Last Backstop”: How Voting Access in Montana Rides on Supreme Court Races
Alex Burness
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September 9, 2024
The Public Defender Who Just Won Power Over Confirming Massachusetts Judges
Daniel Nichanian
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July 12, 2024
Utah’s Highest Court Safeguards the People’s Right to Direct Democracy
Quinn Yeargain
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April 3, 2024
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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February 22, 2024
Judges Play Musical Chairs on Arkansas’ Highest Court
Daniel Nichanian
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December 8, 2023
Yet Another State Shuts the Door on Partisan Gerrymandering Complaints
Quinn Yeargain
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August 22, 2023
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts
Daniel Nichanian
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Quinn Yeargain
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July 27, 2023
Wisconsin’s Election Office In Limbo After GOP Tries To Force Out Its Director
Cameron Joseph
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June 27, 2023
Supreme Court Refuses to Empower State Legislatures to Run Elections as They Please
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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May 11, 2023
The ‘Stop the Steal’ Judge Who Wants a Seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court
Alex Burness
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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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April 5, 2023
Liberals Flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court After Fifteen-Year Wait
Daniel Nichanian
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March 30, 2023
“This Election Is So Quiet”: Inside the Scramble to Mobilize Milwaukee in a High-Stakes Judge Race
Katjusa Cisar
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February 22, 2023
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Runoff Takes Shape as Referendum on Abortion and Democracy
Daniel Nichanian
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February 3, 2023
North Carolina Supreme Court Signals It May Roll Back Voting Rights for Thousands
Kelan Lyons
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January 6, 2023
South Carolina Supreme Court Recognizes that Privacy Rights Protect Abortion Access
Quinn Yeargain
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December 22, 2022
Kathy Hochul Pushes New York’s Highest Court to the Right
Daniel Nichanian
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November 15, 2022
Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights
Bolts Staff
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October 3, 2022
Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice, Part of a Court Majority to Shield Voting Rights, Died on Friday
Daniel Nichanian
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August 30, 2022
“Stay Wrong”: When State Supreme Courts Fought Back
Austin Field
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August 12, 2022
Michigan Supreme Court Restricts “Cruel” Treatment of Youth in Run of Major Decisions
Chris Geidner
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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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June 30, 2022
What All State Constitutions Say About Abortion, and Why It Matters
Quinn Yeargain
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May 25, 2022
Conservative Loses Bid to Oust Arkansas Supreme Court Justice
Daniel Nichanian
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May 11, 2022
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2022 Supreme Court Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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April 13, 2022
The Unwritten Senate Rule Blocking New Jersey Governor’s Nominees
Nikita Biryukov
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March 28, 2022
“Designed to End Protesting”: Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Protesters Guilty by Association
Daniel Nichanian
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March 24, 2022
Supreme Court Elections May Re-Open Gerrymandering Floodgates in Two Key States
Billy Corriher
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March 22, 2022
Despite Federal Gains, Public Defenders Largely Missing from State Supreme Courts
Rachel M. Cohen
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March 9, 2022
Supreme Court Signals It May Empower Legislatures to Subvert Elections
Cristian Farias
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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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March 17, 2021
Landmark Rulings Show ‘Untapped Potential’ of State Courts To Advance Civil Rights
Daniel Nichanian
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October 22, 2020
Civil Rights Loom Large in North Carolina’s Supreme Court Elections
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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April 2, 2020
Tuesday’s Supreme Court Race Is the Latest Chapter in Wisconsin’s Heated Power Struggle
Kyle C. Barry
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March 25, 2020
Some Supreme Courts Are Helping Shrink Jails to Stop Outbreaks. Others Are Lagging Behind.
Kyle C. Barry
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August 22, 2023
Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court
Quinn Yeargain
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