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Law students! Are you looking for a topic for a paper or student note? You can easily filter our State Case Database by state and topic to find the most significant state constitutional decisions since 2021. https://lnkd.in/ged9TVri

State Court Report Newsletter: Pennsylvania's indigent defense crisis goes to court; plus Oklahoma rejects reparations for the Tulsa race massacre, and more https://bit.ly/3RJfxVO

Can state courts fix the indigent defense crisis? Plus: Challenging life sentences for felony murder, Oklahoma rejects reparations, and more

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on an anti-trans law, but courts in several states are already addressing similar lawsuits. By Quinn Yeargain https://lnkd.in/eRvAUhyX

SCOTUS's Rahimi decision upheld a law barring gun possession for people with a domestic violence restraining order. But the decision leaves state courts to grapple with what circumstances allow an order banning gun possession, writes Eric Ruben https://bit.ly/3RLpkuf

States should not adopt the federal doctrine that shields government officials for civil rights violations, argues Penn State Dickinson Law 's Gary Gildin, who wrote about the paths, in state court and otherwise, to abolishing qualified immunity. https://lnkd.in/gyzyFief

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving states as the primary venue for protecting abortion rights. Here's what's happened in states - and state courts - since.