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South Carolina
The South Carolina Supreme Court determined that claims of partisan gerrymandering posed a non-justiciable political question. League of Women Voters South Carolina v. Alexander, 921 S.E.2d 660, 664 (S.C. 2025). The court articulated a two-part …
Exploring State Checks Against Federal Overreach
Published: August 8, 2025 Updated: January 29, 2026 States have many tools to help counter federal abuses of power. Facing a torrent of controversial federal government actions, states today are pursuing or considering an array …
Bryna Godar in WPR: Staff Attorney Godar explains an untested three-judge panel process that Wisconsin courts may use to handle two pending congressional redistricting cases.
Wisconsin Supreme Court – Evers v. Marklein II Amicus Brief Filed
PDF Available Here On December 20, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief along with six other legal scholars in Evers v. Marklein II, a case in the Wisconsin …
Explainer: North Carolina Supreme Court Election Protest
Emily Lau, Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Last Updated: February 21, 2025 More than a month after the November 2024 election, the result of the North Carolina Supreme Court race is still uncertain. There have …
Spotlight on Democracy: The Michigan Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 Term
By Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney* PDF Available Here The Michigan Supreme Court finished its 2023-2024 term in July, wrapping up a year in which the court decided several cases that will likely leave lasting …
Wisconsin Supreme Court 2023 Term Review and 2024 Preview
Bryna Godar, Staff Attorney PDF Available Here This year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court term saw the smallest number of cases ever decided by the court. The court issued a total of 14 opinions,[1] compared to upwards …
White Paper: Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes
Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney Professor Miriam Seifter, Faculty Co-Director Published: October 13, 2023 Last Updated: December 20, 2024 PDF Available Here Table of Contents Introduction I. Models of State Legislative Oversight of Agency Rulemaking …