Staff Attorney @adamsopko.bsky.social recaps the PA Supreme Court's 2024 election cases for The PA Lawyer Magazine, highlighting the court's more passive approach than in prior years. He considers possible explanations and their implications for 2025 and beyond.
📖: www.pabar.org/members/pala...
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State Judicial Clerkship Resource
Law students and recent grads! Thinking about clerking? Don’t overlook state courts. State Court Report has a new resource w/ info and deadlines for 95 state supreme court justices. Check it out! @statecourtreport.bsky.social
statecourtreport.org/state-judici...
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New Wisconsin case filed challenging the state's congressional map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. Plaintiffs are asking the WI Supreme Court to take the case directly as an original action: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
08.05.2025 17:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
On a white background textured to look like paper, in teh center appears in navy blue "State Court Clerkship Myths" above in much larger font and all capitals and the blue shade of The Appellate Project's logo, DEBUNKED.
At the bottom of the page The Appellate Project's logo and name is centered.
A 🧵on state court clerkships:
Considering a judicial clerkship?
Don't let the federal spotlight blind you to the powerhouse opportunities waiting in state supreme and appellate courts!
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05.05.2025 16:18 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Constitutional Norms and State Judicial Confirmations
For the first time since New York adopted its current judicial appointment process over 40 years ago, the state senate’s Judiciary Committee has rejected a gove
There are similar formal and informal examples in state judiciaries. New Jersey has had an informal norm along these lines for over a century. And Delaware codified a similar rule in its constitution (art. IV, s. 3).
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=447...
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Congrats!
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Our fantastic program coordinator is off to law school, so we're looking for someone to replace him this summer. Please share the listing!
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This is a great brief from the ACLU. I'm glad to see parties emphasizing the supervisory power as another way to enhance constitutional rights.
For those interested in a deep dive on this feature of state supreme court practice, I have a paper for you!
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=514...
09.04.2025 20:09 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Pennsylvania Supreme Court – Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections Amicus Brief Filed
PDF Available Here On March 28, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief with five other legal scholars in Baxter v. Philadelp...
SDRI's @miriamseifter.bsky.social and @robyablon.bsky.social submitted an amicus brief with other scholars in the PA Supreme Court on Friday, arguing the state constitution's democratic commitments prohibit the exclusion of mail-in ballots based on immaterial technical errors. go.wisc.edu/0w67yg
31.03.2025 16:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This was my job talk paper from the fall, but there's still plenty of time for revisions, so comments welcome!
25.03.2025 13:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of the abstract for my law review article, The Supervisory Power of State Supreme Courts.
New paper from me exploring how state high courts use their administrative authority to enhance rights, expand remedies, navigate interbranch relations, and more. I also consider the implications on debates about court policymaking, legitimacy, and separation of powers.
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Thanks, Amanda! Can’t wait to join you this summer!
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I'm so excited to be joining the faculty at the University of Colorado Law School this fall as an associate professor! I'll be teaching state constitutional law, state & local gov't, and evidence. I'm so thankful to so many for all the support and guidance that helped make this possible.
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Volume 99, Number 6 Archives - NYU Law Review
I'm excited to share NYU Law Review's new symposium issue, which came out of @brennancenter.bsky.social & @statecourtreport.bsky.social's February conference The Promise & Limits of State Constitutions. It's a who's who of top scholars discussing state con law. /1 nyulawreview.org/issues/volum...
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New starter pack of State Court Report contributors just dropped! Follow our list of diverse, multidisciplinary experts on state constitutions & courts, which have taken on new importance as the Supreme Court rolls back many of our rights. (And please DM us to be added if we missed you)
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Scholarship Roundup: End of Semester Edition
Recent articles address states taking policy questions away from courts, standing in election cases, and state shadow dockets.
NEW: Check out Professor Miriam Seifter's latest scholarship roundup in State Court Report. Recent articles have explored state shadow dockets, constitutional amendments, standing, and much more. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
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Our latest report, Direct Democracy in the States: A 50-State Survey of the Journey to the Ballot, reviews states’ varied laws affecting direct democracy. You can read our summary and state-by-state findings here:
statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/direct-democ...
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prof at WashU Law. teaches criminal law & procedure. papers at https://ssrn.com/author=1660906. occasional thoughts at https://postcardsofthehanging.substack.com/.
If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Pro-democracy, pro-republic. He/his. Loyola law prof, former WH, former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever NJDevils fan
Unapologetically pro-Colorado podcast. Hated by losers. Beloved by winners. Recommended by 5280, 9News, City Cast Denver, The Denver Post, and Miriam Webster's Dictionary!
https://linktr.ee/getmoresmarter
Published since 1891, the Yale Law Journal is a student-run organization dedicated to advancing legal scholarship.
The journal of UC Berkeley School of Law. Publishing cutting-edge legal scholarship since 1912.
linktr.ee/CaliforniaLawReview
Founded in 1901, the Columbia Law Review is one of the world's leading publications of legal scholarship.
The New York University Law Review is a generalist journal publishing legal scholarship since 1924.
A legal publication run by @StanfordLaw.bsky.social students since 1948, providing expert legal scholarship, analysis, and commentary.
stanfordlawreview.org
Colorado's largest independent bookstore, and Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year for 2018. Celebrating 50 Years!
institutions, inequality, geography, democracy | asst law prof at UCLA
Professor, Stanford Law School.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Assistant Professor of Law at St. Mary's University. Teaching Wills & Estates, Trusts, Property, Tax, and Asset Protection. Tracking concentrated power and its grip on democracy. Gentleman farmer. Part-time kangaroo handler. (All views are my own)
Dean of the S.J. Quinney College of Law (@sjquinney.bsky.social) at the University of Utah (@utah.edu). Member of the SSM Chippewa tribe. Expert in environmental law. She/her.
State supreme courts, state constitutions, and judicial selection. Also theater, TTRPGs, baking, and robust public transit. 🏳️🌈
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=6443763
Assistant Professor, TAMU School of Law. Interested in administrative law, bureaucracy, civil procedure. Fairweather Jets fan. Opinions my own.
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2879963
🦐Unofficially posting frames from the Food Network dub of Iron Chef 🔥 How will the challenger fight back? 🧄 The heat will be on! 🥑
Episode title and frame # are in alt txt
(ran by @dudethatbe.bsky.social)
Personal account, views my own.
Dept. Director 2A History and Scholarship, Everytown Law
Studying the history of firearms regulation.
History, Rugby, Marquette Basketball, miniatures, and occasional figure skating and gymnastics takes.
Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
Building bridges between judges and academics and promoting an ethical, resilient, and independent judiciary.
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji/
Official account for the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and the Washington State Supreme Court.
www.courts.wa.gov
