Meryl Chertoff
- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
Music Festival Cancellation Illustrates Preemption’s Peril to Local Economies
I am not even a fan of Fall Out Boy, and yet I am distressed that Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival, scheduled for September 17-18 in...
Sarah L. Swan
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: Zoning, housing, and more this week
Gavin Newsom signs California gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law - CNNPolitics Nearly half of Oregon’s inmate population included...
Sarah L. Swan
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: Democracy, climate, and gun control at the state and local level
What Croydon, a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town, Learned About Democracy - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Climate Activists Pivot to Local...
Meryl Chertoff
- Jul 19, 2022
- 8 min
A First Cut at Moore v. Harper’s Perils
Meryl Chertoff, Executive Director, Georgetown Project on State and Local Government Policy & Law, Adjunct Professor of Law I have just...
SLoG Law
- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
Upcoming Event: Independent State Legislature Theory and the States
The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider the independent state legislature theory in the case Moore v. Harper, a case decided as...
Sarah L. Swan
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: Schools, public safety, and city spending--some interesting stories on local staples.
As NYC Slashes School Budgets, Art Teachers Are Feeling the Squeeze (hyperallergic.com) Uvalde Schools’ Police Chief, Criticized Over...
Pamela K. Bookman & Colleen F. Shanahan
- Jul 5, 2022
- 5 min
Lawyered and Lawyerless Civil Procedure in State Courts
Editor's Note: Periodically, we provide a forum for authors to discuss law review or SSRN essays where the topics are of interest to a...
Josh Douglas
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
Non-Citizen Voting in New York City Blocked by State Court
Stop spreading the news: non-citizens may not be allowed to vote in New York City elections, after all, unless a state appellate court...
Sarah L. Swan
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: Preemption, state-level abortion access, and the myth of Texan secession.
What abortion restrictions and laws look like in every state in the U.S. (19thnews.org) Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes local business...
Sarah L. Swan
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: This week, some stories on SCOTUS and the states. Abortion, guns, elections and more.
American influence has a new address on State Street - POLITICO Ellison says MN to protect out-of-state abortions if Roe falls...