From state supreme court races to constitutional amendments, from court disputes over polling hours to laws mandating ...

Finding information on candidates for state supreme court and lower court races can be difficult. Here are tips to help ...

Courts in multiple states have considered cases about the constitutionality of state laws governing ballot defects, ...

Arguments based on religious liberty have emerged as a central — and perhaps surprising — strategy to expand access to abortion in places where the procedure is criminalized. A recent Indiana decision ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling will embroil state courts in a new wave of battles over gerrymandering and voting rights. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais represents a tectonic shift ...

In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is increasingly at the heart of the nation’s culture wars — and it’s an area where the law remains unsettled. Though only two percent of births annually are the result ...

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Issues on the dockets include gubernatorial powers, habeas corpus for zoo elephants, absentee ballot restrictions, and ...

This essay is part of a 50-state series about the nation’s constitutions. We’ve asked an expert from each state to dive into their constitution, narrate its history, identify its quirks, and summarize ...

The federal government could take steps to limit abortion access, even in states that passed ballot initiatives protecting it. If lawmakers hostile to abortion rights win control of both houses of ...

This essay is part of a 50-state series about the nation’s constitutions. We’ve asked an expert from each state to dive into their constitution, narrate its history, identify its quirks, and summarize ...