Article: Standing up to legislative bullies: separation of powers, state courts, and educational rights.

Article: Separate but not sovereign: Reconciling federal commandeering of state courts
Vanderbilt Law Review;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the federal government's authority over state courts. In Testa v. Katt, the Rhode Island Supreme...In doing so, the Supreme Court subjected state courts to "federal commandeering."9 State courts no longer had the authority to determine...

Article: Why state courts--and state-court elections--matter.(Viewpoint essay)
Daedalus;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Yet the attention paid to the role of state courts in our society--and threats to that...however, mask the substantial role of state courts in advancing our nation's interest in...past few years on the impartiality of state courts, as well as on the improper pressures...

Article: The swing to the left in state courts. (includes related article on anti-abortion movement)
U.S. News & World Report;  October 23, 1989 ;     674 words ...The swing to the left in state courts Forget the Supreme Court. The...judicial activism these days is state courts, where jurists in increasing numbers...discrimination. And the tool the state courts are using is not the U.S. Constitution...

Article: The STATE of the STATE COURTS
Judicature;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...For state courts, it is the best of times and it is...going to talk about the state of the state courts, and I am going to organize my presentation...business of this country is in the state courts. The people of this country are in...

Article: State courts as agents of federalism: power and interpretation in state constitutional law.
William and Mary Law Review;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......reconciliation, however, is unavailable for state courts, which, by operation of the Supremacy...understandings need not be resolved at all for state courts simply because there is nothing wrong with state courts using what powers they have to protect...

Article: State Courts--A Soft Touch?
The Washington Post;  April 13, 2000 ;     244 words ...Robert Schapiro argued that state courts tend to be more "cautious and cooperative...area of "public law"--tort litigation--state courts tend to be far more imperious than Mr...voters to check unpopular rulings. But state courts aggressively resist changes that threaten...

Article: House votes to restrict investor suits in state courts
AP Online;  July 22, 1998 ;     380 words ......ability of investors to file such suits in state courts against companies whose stock trades...a flood of frivolous litigation into state courts. It ``will protect our nation's investors...put a stop to the inappropriate use of state courts to circumvent the protections that ...

Article: STANDING IN GOOD STEAD: STATE COURTS, FEDERAL STANDING DOCTRINE, AND REVERSE-ERIE ANALYSIS
Northwestern University Law Review;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...I. INTRODUCTION While state courts are obligated to hear federal question...standing requirements can distort how state courts enforce federal substantive rights...the courts. When Congress faces state courts with a variety of standing requirements...

Article: Foreign law and opinion in state courts. (Symposium: "Outsourcing Authority?": Citation to Foreign Court Precedent in Domestic Jurisprudence)
Albany Law Review;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......that the Supreme Court and federal and state courts throughout the country have been using...is often not mentioned: the way that state courts have used foreign law and international...law is not often used by contemporary state courts, except in certain discrete areas where...

Article: MONGIARDO BACKS BILL FOR HMO SUITS\ PATIENTS COULD SUE IN STATE COURTS.(News)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  June 25, 2004 ;     378 words ......health maintenance organizations in state courts. The high court said HMOs cannot be sued in state courts for refusing to pay for treatment recommended...only in federal courts. Mongiardo said state courts are more lenient toward victims than...

Article: State courts, citizen suits, and the enforcement of federal environmental law by non-article III plaintiffs.(U.S. Constitution article III)
Yale Law Journal;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......environmental statutes have surfaced in the state courts. This pattern may reflect environmental...Perhaps it reflects a mistaken belief that state courts generally lack concurrent jurisdiction...and defend a change--a new role for state courts in adjudicating claims under federal...

Article: MISSOURI'S STATE COURTS ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS TO BEGIN COURT REFORM WORK IN KOSOVO
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......release: Michael L. Buenger, Missouri's state courts administrator, announced today that...take a job with the National Center for State Courts' international division. He and his...the Supreme Court of Missouri as its state courts administrator since June 2000. "While...

Article: State courts administrator wins 2008 Warren Burger award for `trailblazer' work.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 30, 2008 ;     269 words ......E. Burger Award from the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), one of the highest honors for a courts...dedicated to improving justice through leadership in state courts. It provides leadership, research and education to state courts.

Article: State courts best for the status quo
Charleston Gazette;  May 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ......appeals panel said the issue belonged in state courts, not federal ones. That had been the...prefer for these cases to be heard in state courts. But I started thinking about it when...that favors the state and his agency. State courts are his best shot. State judges face...