State Courts
NOTE 3/9/2012: The Federalist Society is pleased to announce the launch of statecourtsguide.com, a new website that focuses on judicial selection in state high courts. This comprehensive site features an overview of each state's high court method of selection, news, scholarship, polls, and Federalist Society resources. Visit our new site and click on the interactive map to learn about your state's method of judicial selection.
The Federalist Society, in an effort to bring to increased dialogue to the issue of state constitutional jurisprudence, has launched a bibliography of important scholarship, noteworthy cases, and timely law review articles for state supreme court justices and others interested in state courts issues. The articles and opinions noted below will shed further insight into how state courts should engage in the business of interpreting state constitutional provisions and state judicial selection. We hope these resources will bring increased attention and interest to state court jurisprudence and will help to shed light on good models of case law for settling jurisprudential disputes.
State Attorneys General
White Papers and Podcasts by State
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Audio/Video
- North Carolina Judicial Candidate Forum - September 7, 2010, Winston-Salem, NC
- Forum on Selection Methods for State Judges - March 17, 2009, Dallas, TX
- North Carolina Supreme Court Judicial Candidate Forum - October 27, 2008, Raleigh, NC
- Rule of Law or Rule of Judges (or Both)?: A Discussion of the California Supreme Court - October 8, 2008, San Francisco, CA
- Is the Election of Judges Good Public Policy? - April 28, 2008, Nashville, TN
- Two Perspectives on the Non Partisan Missouri Court Plan - November 14, 2007, Kansas City, MO
- Debating the Role of the Chief Justice in Judicial Selection - March 11, 2008, St. Louis, MO
- Is The Mississippi Bar Doing Enough to Combat Corruption and to Protect the Honor and Integrity of the Profession? - January 17, 2008, Jackson, MS
- Reaching too Far? The Role of States Attorney General - July 31, 2007, Washington, DC
- The Missouri Plan - Address by Gov. Matt Blunt - June 21, 2007, Kansas City, MO
- Responses to Judicial Corruption: The Press, Professional Responsibility, Political Controls, and Prosecution - May 4, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV
- Are Judicial Elections a Threat to Judicial Independence? - November 2, 2006 - Atlanta, GA
- Are Judicial Elections a Threat to Judicial Independence? - October 24, 2006 - Washington, DC
