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- Opinion | The Supreme Court's Republican bias hangs over the Trump immunity case - The Washington Post
- Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban. What it means, and what's next. - The Washington Post
- Federal judges strike down La. congressional map with second Black-majority district - The Washington Post
- Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages - Fox 46 Charlotte
- The Media’s Coverage of Trump’s Immunity Case Has Been Appalling - The Nation
- Court: Washington high-capacity magazine ban staying in place - KING5.com
- WA Supreme Court upholds temporary ban on high-capacity magazines - Crosscut
- Ban on high-capacity magazines will remain after WA Supreme Court Commissioner’s ruling - The Olympian
- Supreme Court seems poised to allow Trump Jan. 6 trial, but not immediately - The Washington Post
- Washington state ban on high-capacity gun magazines will stay in place as court battle continues - Oregon Public Broadcasting
Scholarship & White Papers
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Washington Supreme Court Position 6: A Debate
Pugent Sound Lawyers Chapter, 28 September 2010 – Event Audio/Video
Featuring: Richard B. Sanders, Charlie Wiggins, Peter Callaghan, David K. DeWolf, Stewart Jay
Media & Commentary
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Washington Supreme Court Rules on Attorney General’s Discretion to Enter Litigation in Two Landmark Cases
The Washington Supreme Court in September issued two of its most highly-anticipated rulings in recent years. Continuing public controversy over federal health care law and the attorney general’s authority to join the states in a multi-state lawsuit challenging the law provided the backdrop to City of Seattle v. McKenna.1 The exercise of the eminent domain power and the attorney general’s discretion in representing state agencies is at issue inGoldmark v. McKenna.2 The pair of rulings addresses the Washington attorney general’s powers under the constitution and laws of Washington State—although opinions written by justices of the court raise their own questions about whether the scope of the attorney general’s powers were addressed consistently.
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Washington Supreme Court Upholds School Funding Structure: Disparities in School Employee Pay Not Unconstitutional
On November 12, 2009, the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously declined to declare as unconstitutional the state’s educational funding structure.1 The case asked whether the state legislature is constitutionally compelled to equalize state allocations to school districts for school employee salaries.