Tag: state supreme courts

New Digital Resource Assesses State Constitutional Protections Against Sex Discrimination

Interactive map outlines legal precedents and standards established in each state.

State Constitutions and Abortion Rights: Building Protections for Reproductive Autonomy (Report, July 2022)

This Center report provides detailed analysis of state high court cases litigated by the Center that built strong protections for abortion rights and access using personal autonomy, privacy, and equality frameworks prior to the Dobbs decision. It focuses on key decisions in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, and New Mexico that protected abortion more […]

State Constitutions and Abortion Rights: Building Protections for Reproductive Autonomy (Report, April 2022)

This Center report outlines 11 states in which high courts have recognized that their state constitutions protect abortion rights and access independently from and more strongly than the U.S. Constitution or have struck down restrictions that were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The analysis considers how this jurisprudence can expand and shape efforts to […]

New Center Report Shows How State Constitutions Can Protect Abortion Rights 

As the Supreme Court considers whether to overturn decades of precedent holding that the U.S. Constitution protects abortion, state constitutions and courts matter more than ever.