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Pennsylvania Supreme Court – Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections Amicus Brief Filed

Posted on March 31, 2025

PDF Available Here On March 28, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief with five other legal scholars in Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections, a …

Posted in Briefs, FeaturedTagged Pennsylvania, State Courts, Voting and Elections

Explainer: Wisconsin Supreme Court Set to Consider Fate of “Mini Legislature”

Posted on March 25, 2025

Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Published: March 25, 2025 In recent decades, the Wisconsin Legislature has increasingly empowered legislative committees, rather than its full membership, to wield control over state agencies and …

Posted in Explainers, Featured, Research & ExplainersTagged State Constitutions, State Courts, Wisconsin

Explainer: Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

Posted on March 12, 2025

Bryna Godar, Staff Attorney Bree Grossi Wilde, Executive Director PDF Available Here Published: March 12, 2025 Updated: March 14, 2025 On April 1, 2025, Wisconsin voters will choose the newest justice on the Wisconsin Supreme …

Posted in Explainers, Featured, Research & ExplainersTagged State Courts, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Explainer: The Proposed Voter ID Constitutional Amendment on Wisconsin’s April Ballot

Posted on February 24, 2025

Bryna Godar, Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Published: February 24, 2025 On Wisconsin’s April 1, 2025, spring election ballot, voters will see a proposed constitutional amendment asking whether to add a voter ID requirement to …

Posted in Explainers, Featured, Research & ExplainersTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, Voting and Elections, Wisconsin

Explainer: North Carolina Supreme Court Election Protest

Posted on December 20, 2024

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 …

Posted in Explainers, Featured, Research & ExplainersTagged Judicial Elections, North Carolina, State Courts, Voting and Elections

Explainer: The Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Noncitizen Voting on Wisconsin’s November General Election Ballot

Posted on October 7, 2024

Bree Grossi Wilde, Executive Director PDF Available Here As part of the November 5th election, Wisconsin voters will be asked for the fifth time this year whether to amend the Wisconsin Constitution. In April, voters …

Posted in Explainers, Featured, Research & ExplainersTagged Direct Democracy, State Constitutions, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Supreme Court – LeMieux v. Evers Amicus Brief Filed

Posted on September 18, 2024

LeMieux v. Evers – Amicus Brief, Wisconsin Supreme Court On September 17, the State Democracy Research Initiative filed an amicus brief on behalf of Columbia Law School Professor Richard Briffault in LeMieux v. Evers, a case before …

Posted in Briefs, FeaturedTagged State Constitutions, State Legislatures, Wisconsin

Washington Supreme Court – Vet Voice Foundation v. Hobbs Amicus Brief Filed

Posted on September 17, 2024

Vet Voice Foundation v. Hobbs – Amicus Brief, Washington Supreme Court On September 16, the State Democracy Research Initiative submitted an amicus brief in Vet Voice Foundation v. Hobbs, a case pending before the Supreme …

Posted in Briefs, FeaturedTagged Other States, State Constitutions, State Courts, Voting and Elections

Pennsylvania Supreme Court – BPEP v. Schmidt Amicus Brief Filed

Posted on September 5, 2024

BPEP v. Schmidt – Amicus Brief, Pennsylvania Supreme Court On September 4, the State Democracy Research Initiative submitted an amicus brief in BPEP v. Schmidt, a case pending before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The …

Posted in Briefs, FeaturedTagged Pennsylvania, State Constitutions, State Courts, Voting and Elections

Call for Papers: Federalism Scholarship Roundtable

Posted on August 23, 2024

August 23, 2024 The University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI) is pleased to announce a Federalism Scholarship Roundtable, to be held on April 25, 2025. The Roundtable will be co-hosted by …

Posted in Featured, Research, ScholarshipTagged Other States, State Constitutions, State Courts
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