Articles

Introduction
Robert F. Williams

Foreword: Perpetual Guardians of the Penitentiary Houses
David M. Shapiro

Primer on State Constitutional Rights Litigation in a Post-Rucho and -Dobbs World: The Next Wave in the New Judicial Federalism
Robert F. Williams

Conditions of Confinement and State Constitutions
Meredith B. Esser & Kathrina S. Wolfkot

The Inner Worth of Dignity
Emily Hughes & John Mills

Unlocking State Punishment Clauses
William W. Berry III

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Provides Greater Protections Against Cruel or Unusual Punishment for Juveniles and Young Adults: A Convergence of Science and Law
Scott L. Kafker & Christine W. Blanchette

Student Comments

Minnesota State Legislature Given the Final Word on Felon Disenfranchisement After Supreme Court of Minnesota Affirms Its Constitutionality
Schroeder v. Simon, 985 N.W.2d 529 (Minn. 2023).
Luke Pollack

The People Will Never Rule: Unchecked Partisan Gerrymandering in North Carolina
Harper v. Hall, 886 S.E.2d 393 (N.C. 2023).
Kaitlyn M. Doyle

A Functionalist Approach to the Separation of Powers: How Maryland’s Emergency Response to Absentee Voting May Obscure Government Accountability
In re Emergency Remedy by Md. State Bd. of Elections, 292 A.3d 319 (Md. 2023).
Christian Joseph Pirri

Another Victory for DUI Suspects Under the Georgia Constitution’s Expansive Interpretation of the Protection Against Self-Incrimination
Ammons v. State, 880 S.E.2d 544 (Ga. 2022).
Jordynn Gemberling