Ohio’s lame duck General Assembly is considering a proposal (HJR6) that asks Ohioans to limit their own power to amend the state’s constitution. It would leave Ohio with one of the nation’s most restrictive initiative …
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Duke Law Journal: “State Institutions and Democratic Opportunity” by Miriam Seifter
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The Conversation: “State courts are fielding sky-high numbers of lawsuits ahead of midterms – including challenges to voting restrictions and to how elections are run”, Article by Miriam Seifter and Adam Sopko
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United States Supreme Court – Moore v. Harper Amicus Brief Filed
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On October 26th, 2022, the State Democracy Research Initiative filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Moore v. Harper.
Maps, Elections, and Governmental Power: A review of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 2021-22 Term & preview of 2022-23
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Senior Staff Attorney Dustin Brown reviews the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term and Previews its 2022-2023 Term
Review of the Michigan Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term and Preview of its 2022-2023 Term
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Senior Staff Attorney Derek Clinger reviews the Michigan Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term and Previews its 2022-2023 Term
Michigan Court of Appeals – Mothering Justice v. Attorney General Amicus Brief Filed
The State Democracy Research Initiative’s Miriam Seifter and Robert Yablon, along with four other scholars of state constitutional law and democracy, have filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Court of Appeals court case Mother …
Explainer: Holmes v. Moore
Holmes v. Moore is scheduled to be argued Monday, October 3rd coming on the heels of the North Carolina Supreme Court’s August decision in NAACP v. Moore, which held that North Carolina’s voter ID constitutional …
Explainer: Harper v. Hall
The redistricting case out of North Carolina scheduled to be argued on Tuesday, October is Harper v. Hall. It’s related to Moore v. Harper, which SCOTUS will hear this term. Moore involves an earlier North …
Delaware Supreme Court – Higgin v. Albence Amicus Brief Filed
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“The State Democracy Research Initiative’s Miriam Seifter and Robert Yablon, along with seven other national recognized legal scholars in expertise on state constitutional law, have submitted an amicus brief in the case Higgin v. Albence before the Delaware Supreme Court.”