Bryna Godar, Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Published: July 17, 2025 As state and local officials increasingly clash with federal officials over immigration enforcement,[1] policing of protests,[2] and much more,[3] they could soon turn to …
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Election Matters 2025 | Year in Review: Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States
On July 10 the State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison hosted the second event in our Election Matters 2025 series: “Year in Review: Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States,” …
Election-Litigation Data: 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 State and Federal Court Filings
Following the 2024 election, we updated our survey of election-related lawsuits to help understand the role of litigation in our elections. This update underscores key themes from our survey of litigation from 2018 to 2022: litigants continue …
State Court Report: “Scholarship Roundup: New Year Edition” by Miriam Seifter
New York University Law Review: “State Legislative Vetoes and State Constitutionalism” by Miriam Seifter
Wisconsin Law Review Special Issue 2024: “Public Law in the States”
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Wisconsin Law Review Special Edition featuring papers from our June 2023 Conference
Research Note: Laches in State Court Election Cases
Harry Isaiah Black, Staff Attorney Published: October 11, 2024 Link to PDF Ahead of Election Day 2024, courts—and especially state courts—continue to be inundated with election-related lawsuits. As in 2020, courts may see a deluge …