State Constitutions and State Bills of Rights

Until he joined the U.S. government in 1934, Robert H. Jackson had been a lawyer in private practice in Upstate New York who was admitted to the bar...

During times of crisis, governments often consider policies that may promote safety, but that would require overstepping constitutionally protected...

For the over half-million people currently homeless in the United States, the U.S. Constitution has historically provided little help: it is strongly...

This essay considers the future of public-private collaboration in the wake of the Murthy v. Missouri litigation, which cast doubt on the...

This Article develops a new way of understanding the law in order to address contemporary debates about judicial practice and reform. The...

It has been a big moment for court reform. President Biden has proposed a slate of important if vaguely defined reforms, including a new ethics regime...

For the Balkinization Symposium on Neil S. Siegel, The Collective-Action Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2024)

Neil Siegel has written a grand...

In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, the Supreme Court acknowledged the difficulties in applying its constitutional originalism to the...

Content moderation is typically viewed as an affront to free expression. When companies remove online abuse, they face accusations of censorship. Lost...

In an earlier article titled The Executive Power of Removal, we contended that Article II gives the President a constitutional power to remove...

The Supreme Court has twice held since 2020 that statutory restrictions on the President’s removal power violate Article II of the U.S. Constitution...

Privacy is a key issue in AI regulation, especially in a sensitive area such as healthcare. The United States (US) has taken a sectoral approach to...

Reviewing, (For the Balkinization Symposium on) Solangel Maldonado, The Architecture of Desire: How the Law Shapes Interracial Intimacy and...

Celebrating Charles Ogletree, Jr. comes naturally to so many people because he served not only as a tireless champion of equality and justice, but...

State public utility commissions are at the forefront of the clean-energy transition. These state agencies, which have jurisdiction over energy...

In an era of supposed great equality, women are still falling behind in the workplace. Even with more women in the workforce than in decades past...

In recent years, several popularly elected leaders have moved to consolidate their power by eroding checks and balances. Courts are commonly the...