SLoG

State & Local Government Law Blog

May 6
1 min

Swan's Picks: Stories on housing, prisons, and abortion access in cities and states

On the Problem of Prison Towns: A Future for Susanville - Bolts Mag Connecticut governor signs law protecting abortion seekers and...

Swan's Picks: Ticketing school children, climate causes of action, and more Florida

Sarah L. Swan

Apr 29
1 min

Swan's Picks: Ticketing school children, climate causes of action, and more Florida

Illinois Law Bans Schools From Fining Children With Tickets. So the Police Are Doing It for Them. Why Don’t We Just Build New Cities?...

Swan's Picks: Florida dominates headlines this week

Sarah L. Swan

Apr 22
1 min

Swan's Picks: Florida dominates headlines this week

Small Counties Are Making Major Strides on Criminal Legal Reform | Opinion Abortion rights backers block 'trigger' law in Nebraska...

Swan's Picks: Opioids as public nuisance, NYC clean energy, and the White House's zoning vision

Sarah L. Swan

Apr 15
1 min

Swan's Picks: Opioids as public nuisance, NYC clean energy, and the White House's zoning vision

Preserving History in a Town that Doesn’t Want to Remember San Francisco’s public nuisance suit against pharma for opioids will go...

Swan's Picks: Florida and Disney clash; cities wade into the world of crypto

Sarah L. Swan

Apr 8
1 min

Swan's Picks: Florida and Disney clash; cities wade into the world of crypto

DeSantis goes after Disney’s special government status in Florida City leaders threatened employees who wanted to publicly speak on...

Swan's Picks: Monitoring police misconduct, imagining walkable suburbs, and using public space

Sarah L. Swan

Apr 1
1 min

Swan's Picks: Monitoring police misconduct, imagining walkable suburbs, and using public space

Wealthy donors want to dictate what happens in the public space of Washington Square Park Local Governments Fight Over Water in Arizona...

Brenner Fissell

Mar 29
4 min

On the Size of Local Legislatures

Are the legislatures of local governments too small? Once one looks beyond some major cities, one sees councils, boards, and commissions...

Swan's Picks: Corporate neighbors, stymied housing growth, and sister city breakups

Sarah L. Swan

Mar 25
1 min

Swan's Picks: Corporate neighbors, stymied housing growth, and sister city breakups

Cities Move to Sever ‘Sister City’ Ties with Russian Governments When a Tech Company Tries to Be a Good Neighbor In Face of National...

Litigating Gerrymandering in the Post-Rucho World: State Law and Political Maps, Part 2

Kathryn Randolph

Mar 25
9 min

Litigating Gerrymandering in the Post-Rucho World: State Law and Political Maps, Part 2

Diverging Paths to Challenging Gerrymanders: Past Results and Possible Outcomes Ohio and New Jersey are far from the only states to have...

Litigating Gerrymandering in the Post-Rucho World: State Law and Political Maps, Part 1

Kathryn Randolph

Mar 24
8 min

Litigating Gerrymandering in the Post-Rucho World: State Law and Political Maps, Part 1

While some of our readers are deep in the weeds on redistricting after Rucho v Common Cause, the Supreme Court’s 2019 decision that...

Swan's Picks: Troubled elections, international cities, and a battle for local control in Tennessee

Sarah L. Swan

Mar 18
1 min

Swan's Picks: Troubled elections, international cities, and a battle for local control in Tennessee

Today's installment includes stories from outside the United States, along with domestic stories that touch on some of the most timely...

Swan's Picks: changes in public education, preventing violence, and entrenched polarization

Sarah L. Swan

Mar 11
1 min

Swan's Picks: changes in public education, preventing violence, and entrenched polarization

The Little-Known Violence Prevention Tool Cropping Up in Cities Across the Country Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair:...

State Judges and Trump's Campaign to Upend the 2020 Election

Russell Wheeler

Mar 4
5 min

State Judges and Trump's Campaign to Upend the 2020 Election

Russell Wheeler, Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies Program, The Brookings Institution. This is an abbreviated and updated version of a...

Swan's Picks: This week, stories from New Jersey, Florida, Kentucky, and more.

Sarah L. Swan

Mar 4
1 min

Swan's Picks: This week, stories from New Jersey, Florida, Kentucky, and more.

This week's Swan's Picks spans a range of topics and a number of regions, highlighting interesting and important stories in state and...

SALPAL and SLoGLaw Host Conversation on Foot Voting and Mobility with Ilya Somin and Commentators

Meryl Chertoff

Feb 28
7 min

SALPAL and SLoGLaw Host Conversation on Foot Voting and Mobility with Ilya Somin and Commentators

We're delighted that SLoGLaw partnered with Georgetown's Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law (SALPAL) for a panel...

Swan's Picks: Gerrymandering, local journalism, and civil liberties are in the headlines this week

Sarah L. Swan

Feb 25
1 min

Swan's Picks: Gerrymandering, local journalism, and civil liberties are in the headlines this week

“Red states are remaking the civil liberties landscape” Like here, where Texas targets trans kids …and Texas has important District...

Swan's Picks: Preemption, infrastructure, and zoning feature in this week's highlights

Sarah L. Swan

Feb 18
1 min

Swan's Picks: Preemption, infrastructure, and zoning feature in this week's highlights

Welcome to the second installment of Swan's Picks! Catch up on some state and local news before the weekend arrives. The Florida House...

Local Control of Land Use: A Partial Defense

Richard Schragger

Feb 17
4 min

Local Control of Land Use: A Partial Defense

The Perils of Land Use Deregulation, my intervention in the land use/housing debate, has now been published by the University of...

New Feature! Swan's Picks (+ A Few More)

Sarah L. Swan

Feb 11
1 min

New Feature! Swan's Picks (+ A Few More)

Welcome to a new weekly blog feature on SLoG – a round-up of interesting, important and sometimes absurd stories in state and local...

The Fifty States' Varied Laws on Prosecutorial Nonenforcement

Zachary Price

Jan 27
5 min

The Fifty States' Varied Laws on Prosecutorial Nonenforcement

Prosecutorial discretion has become a political battleground in state and local government. Among other initiatives, reform prosecutors...

SCOTUS Decision in OSHA Case: Without Incremental Agency Strategy, Bad Law and Worse Opinions

Meryl Chertoff

Jan 26
6 min

SCOTUS Decision in OSHA Case: Without Incremental Agency Strategy, Bad Law and Worse Opinions

Some of the Justices at SCOTUS have been reading author (and Sixth Circuit Chief Judge) Jeffrey Sutton. The Court’s per curiam decision...

In "Foxconned" A Cautionary Tale of Economic Development Incentives

Clay Gillette

Jan 19
4 min

In "Foxconned" A Cautionary Tale of Economic Development Incentives

In some academic circles, the phrase “local economic development incentives” has become an oxymoron along the lines of “military music”...

The Legislatures Strike Back: The Pandemic and Balances of Power

David J. Toscano

Jan 13
5 min

The Legislatures Strike Back: The Pandemic and Balances of Power

We are delighted to share this post from a former Virginia legislative leader, David J. Toscano. This is the latest in our Field...

Vanessa Casado Pérez

Jan 12
4 min

Ignored Sidewalk Policy

The pandemic lockdowns shed light on the state and relevance of our sidewalks. When we could go nowhere, we could walk, exercise, play,...

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FOUNDING EDITORS

Meryl J. Chertoff
mjc87@georgetown.edu

Georgetown Law Center

SALPAL

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Nestor M. Davidson
@davidson_nestor

Fordham Urban Law Center

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Sheila Foster
@SheilaRFoster

Georgetown Law

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Daniel B. Rodriguez
@DBRodriguez5

Northwestern Law

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David N. Schleicher
@ProfSchleich

Yale Law

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Miriam Seifter
@MiriamSeifter

University of Wisconsin Law

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SLoG

State & Local Government Law Blog

FOUNDING EDITORS

Meryl J. Chertoff mjc87@georgetown.edu

Nestor M. Davidson @davidson_nestor

Sheila Foster @SheilaRFoster

Daniel B. Rodriguez @DBRodriguez5

David N. Schleicher @ProfSchleich

Miriam Seifter @MiriamSeifter

CONTRIBUTORS

Lisa Alexander Texas A&M - Presidential Impact Fellow - Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program in Real Estate and Community Development Law

Vikram D. Amar University of Illinois Law - Dean, Iwan Foundation Professor of Law

Michelle Wilde Anderson Stanford Law - Professor of Law @MWildeAnderson

Nicholas Bagley University of Michigan Law - Professor of Law | @nicholas_bagley

Lynn Baker University of Texas Law - Frederick M. Baron Chair in Law

Nikolas Bowie Harvard Law - Associate Professor of Law @nikobowie

Molly Brady Harvard Law - Professor of Law @mollyxbrady

Richard Briffault Columbia Law - Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Sara Bronin Cornell University - Professor @sarabronin

Paul Diller Willamette Law - Professor of Law @dillaradollar

Joshua A. Douglas UK Rosenberg - Ashland, Inc-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law @JoshuaADouglas

Christopher Elmendorf UC Davis Law - Professor of Law @CSElmendorf

Bridget Fahey University of Chicago Law - Assistant Professor of Law | @bridgetfahey

David Fontana George Washington University Law - Samuel Tyler Research Professor @proffontana

Sarah Fox Northern Illinois University Law - Associate Professor of Law | @ProfSarahFox

Clay Gillette NYU Law - Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law

Roderick Hills, Jr. NYU Law - William T. Comfort III, Professor of Law | @RickHills2

Jamila Jefferson-Jones Wayne Law - Professor of Law | @jamilajeff

Michael S. Kang Northwestern University Law - William G. and Virginia Karnes Research Professor of Law

Noah Kazis NYU Forman Center - Legal Fellow @n_kazis

Matthew Lawrence Emory Law - Associate Professor of Law @mjblawrence

Margaret H. Lemos Duke Law - Robert G. Seaks LL.B. ’34 Professor of Law

Darrell Miller Duke Law - Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Intellectual Life

Michael Morley Florida State University Law - Associate Professor of Law | @michaelmorley11

Vanessa Casado Perez Texas A&M University Law - Associate Professor of Law @vcasadop

Michael Pollack Cardozo Law - Associate Professor of Law @michaelcpollack

Maria Ponomarenko University of Minnesota Law - Associate Professor of Law | @m_ponomarenko

Jim Rossi Vanderbilt Law - Judge D.L. Lansden Chair of Law

Erin Scharff Arizona State University Law - Associate Professor of Law

Richard Schragger University of Virginia Law - Perre Bowen Professor of Law | @RichSchragger

Jed Shugerman Fordham University Law - Professor of Law @jedshug

Ilya Somin George Mason University Law - Professor of Law | @ilyasomin

Kenneth Stahl Chapman University Law - Professor of Law | @kookie13

Jed Stiglitz Cornell Law - Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Professor of Law @jed_stiglitz

Rick Su UNC Law - Professor of Law

Sarah Swan Florida State University Law - Assistant Professor | @islswan

Karen Tani Penn Law - Seaman Family University Professor of Law | @kmtani

David Troutt Rutgers Law - Distinguished Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar

Robert F. Williams Rutgers Law - Distinguished Professor of Law

Justin Weinstein-Tull Arizona State University Law - Associate Professor of Law | @jweinsteintull

Emily Zackin Princeton University - Associate Professor

Kellen Zale University of Houston Law - Associate Professor of Law

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Meryl J. Chertoff
mjc87@georgetown.edu

Nestor M. Davidson
@davidson_nestor

Sheila Foster
@SheilaRFoster

Daniel B. Rodriguez
@DBRodriguez5

David N. Schleicher
@ProfSchleich

Miriam Seifter
@MiriamSeifter

Lisa Alexander
Texas A&M - Presidential Impact Fellow - Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program in Real Estate and Community Development Law

Vikram D. Amar
University of Illinois Law - Dean, Iwan Foundation Professor of Law

Michelle Wilde Anderson
Stanford Law - Professor of Law
@MWildeAnderson

Nicholas Bagley
University of Michigan Law - Professor of Law | @nicholas_bagley

Lynn Baker
University of Texas Law - Frederick M. Baron Chair in Law

Nikolas Bowie
Harvard Law - Associate Professor of Law
@nikobowie

Molly Brady
Harvard Law - Professor of Law
@mollyxbrady

Richard Briffault
Columbia Law - Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Sara Bronin
Cornell University - Professor
@sarabronin

Paul Diller
Willamette Law - Professor of Law
@dillaradollar

Joshua A. Douglas
UK Rosenberg - Ashland, Inc-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law
@JoshuaADouglas

Christopher Elmendorf
UC Davis Law - Professor of Law
@CSElmendorf

Bridget Fahey
University of Chicago Law - Assistant Professor of Law | @bridgetfahey

David Fontana
George Washington University Law - Samuel Tyler Research Professor
@proffontana

Sarah Fox
Northern Illinois University Law - Associate Professor of Law | @ProfSarahFox

Clay Gillette
NYU Law - Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law

Roderick Hills, Jr.
NYU Law - William T. Comfort III, Professor of Law | @RickHills2

Jamila Jefferson-Jones
Wayne Law - Professor of Law | @jamilajeff

Michael S. Kang
Northwestern University Law - William G. and Virginia Karnes Research Professor of Law

Noah Kazis
NYU Forman Center - Legal Fellow
@n_kazis

Matthew Lawrence
Emory Law - Associate Professor of Law
@mjblawrence

Margaret H. Lemos
Duke Law - Robert G. Seaks LL.B. ’34 Professor of Law

Darrell Miller
Duke Law - Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Intellectual Life

Michael Morley
Florida State University Law - Associate Professor of Law | @michaelmorley11

Vanessa Casado Perez
Texas A&M University Law - Associate Professor of Law
@vcasadop

Michael Pollack
Cardozo Law - Associate Professor of Law
@michaelcpollack

Maria Ponomarenko
University of Minnesota Law - Associate Professor of Law | @m_ponomarenko

Jim Rossi
Vanderbilt Law - Judge D.L. Lansden Chair of Law

Erin Scharff
Arizona State University Law - Associate Professor of Law

Richard Schragger
University of Virginia Law - Perre Bowen Professor of Law | @RichSchragger

Jed Shugerman
Fordham University Law - Professor of Law
@jedshug

Ilya Somin
George Mason University Law - Professor of Law | @ilyasomin

Kenneth Stahl
Chapman University Law - Professor of Law | @kookie13

Jed Stiglitz
Cornell Law - Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Professor of Law
@jed_stiglitz

Rick Su
UNC Law - Professor of Law

Sarah Swan
Florida State University Law - Assistant Professor | @islswan

Karen Tani
Penn Law - Seaman Family University Professor of Law | @kmtani

David Troutt
Rutgers Law - Distinguished Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar

Robert F. Williams
Rutgers Law - Distinguished Professor of Law

Justin Weinstein-Tull
Arizona State University Law - Associate Professor of Law | @jweinsteintull

Emily Zackin
Princeton University - Associate Professor

Kellen Zale
University of Houston Law - Associate Professor of Law