KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE The fate of Wisconsin’s state supreme court will be decided next month. About two-thirds of the states will have supreme court elections next year. Key states with supreme court elections to watch in 2024 include Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, and Ohio.
The Maryland Supreme Court reinstated the child sexual abuse conviction of a middle school substitute teacher who sent a student sexually charged texts.
Before March 31, this was a common scenario in New York's poorer neighborhoods: Police officers approach a group of young men, one says he smells marijuana, so he and his colleagues frisk everybody present. The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act has upended that scenario completely.