by: the State Court Staff A man on death row, a disgruntled teacher, and a woman seeking to adopt her grandchild get second chances Courtroom Weekly The latest and greatest in court cases around the nation Join Our Mailing List Email: For Email Marketing you can trust In this issue… Featured case News from Mississippi [...]

By Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod For a District by District break down, see: Federal Court Vacancy Warning System The vacancy warning level for the U.S. Federal courts is currently set at Blue. There were two new confirmations this past week, leaving the final tally at 82 vacancies or approximately 9.6% of the total Article III posts currently [...]

Edited by Greg Janetka MADISON, Wisconsin: This edition of The Executive Summary features a breakdown of the current partisan count and takes a look at recent action involving an office that normally sees little news coverage – the state auditor. Partisan count Ballotpedia currently covers 13 major state executive official positions across the country, totaling [...]

By Maresa Strano RICHMOND, Virginia: All three state executive offices up for election this year in Virginia are occupied by Republicans, and none are seeking re-election to their current posts. Term-limited Governor Bob McDonnell cannot run, and Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli is vying for the seat. Cuccinelli has already secured the 2013 GOP [...]

Edited by Brittany Clingen Tuesday Count Lineup: 1 certification 3 measures for 2013 Topics featured in this report Immigration(News) Gambling(2014 watch) Ballot summaries(Ballot law) Connecticut has a new, certified legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, the Connecticut Early Voting Amendment, which will appear on the November 2014 ballot. It will ask voters whether the constitution should be amended [...]

Edited by Joel Williams This week’s tracker takes a look at a one state legalizing same-sex marriage and other interesting legislation. Weekly highlight Last week, Colorado ended its legislative session. Here is a brief look at issues making headlines across the country: Delaware: The Delaware State Senate passed a bill allowing same-sex marriage by a [...]

by: the State Court Staff An ex-Supreme Court justice is sentenced while the topics of abortion, sexual orientation and privacy hit the courts Courtroom Weekly The latest and greatest in court cases around the nation Join Our Mailing List Email: For Email Marketing you can trust In this issue… Featured case News from Alaska News [...]

By Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod For a District by District break down, see: Federal Court Vacancy Warning System The vacancy warning level for the U.S. Federal courts is currently set at Blue. There were two new vacancies this past week, leaving the final tally at 84 vacancies or approximately 9.7% of the total Article III posts currently [...]

Edited by Brittany Clingen Tuesday Count Lineup: 1 certification 3 measures for 2013 Topics featured in this report Certification(News) Guns(2014 watch) Citizenship(Ballot law) Another measure is set to appear on the Washington ballot in the general election on November 5, 2013. Initiative 517, also known as the “Protect the Initiative Act,” is an Initiative to [...]

Edited by Joel Williams This week’s tracker takes a look at a legislator’s arrest and three pieces of interesting legislation. Weekly highlight Last week three states, Florida, Hawaii, and North Dakota ended their legislative sessions. Here is a brief look at issues making headlines across the country: Maine: Rep. Joe Brooks (I) had his proposal [...]