“It’s not just the absence of protections from the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Matt Segal, one of two senior staff attorneys tapped for the ACLU's new State Supreme Court Initiative. “It's also that we have seen in many ways that state supreme courts are important in the lives of people across this country and often act in important ways to protect them.”
May 02, 2023 at 11:29 AM
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The American Civil Liberties Union is dedicating significant resources to state supreme court litigation, hiring two senior staff attorneys to work with ACLU state affiliates and local litigators on civil rights issues in state courts.
The organization has hired Julie Murray and Matt Segal as senior staff attorneys in its new State Supreme Court Initiative, which aims to find opportunities to advance civil liberties through state constitutions rather than at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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