State Courts
Rob Yablon in PBS Wisconsin discusses the impact of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ballot drop box ruling, and subsequent disinformation.
State Court Report: “Scholarship Roundup: That’s a Wrap on 2023” by Miriam Seifter
Rob Yablon in the Cap Times discusses next legal steps following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s redistricting decision.
Rob Yablon in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel assesses the likelihood of SCOTUS intervention in Wisconsin legislative redistricting.
Rob Yablon on WISC-TV For the Record discusses the reasoning behind the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the state’s legislative maps.
Wisconsin Law Review Special Issue 2023: “Public Law in the States”
Scholarship | State Democracy Research Initiative
Wisconsin Law Review Special Edition featuring papers from our June 2023 Conference
Columbia Law Review: “State Constitutional Rights and Democratic Proportionality” by Jessica Bulman-Pozen & Miriam Seifter
This Article seeks to begin a new conversation about state constitutional adjudication. It first shows how in myriad defining ways state constitutions differ from the U.S. Constitution. These distinctive founding documents, prizing individual and collective self-determination alike, require their own implementation frameworks—not federal mimicry.
Wisconsin Supreme Court – Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission Amicus Brief Filed
PDF Available Here On November 8, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief along with five other legal scholars in Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, a redistricting case …
Michigan Supreme Court – Mothering Justice v. Nessel Amicus Brief Filed
PDF Available Here On November 1, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon submitted an amicus brief with four other legal scholars in Mothering Justice v. Nessel, a Michigan Supreme Court …