Swan's Pick: A Shout-Out to State Con Law Included

For those who groove to Justice Brennan's visionary 1977 Harvard Law Review article, State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights, Swan's lead pick this week, by James Forman and Lara Bazelon is like a greatest hits countdown on July 4th weekend. Geek out with us.

Liberals Should Use State Courts to Check the Supreme Court (nymag.com) San Francisco Gives Hope to Tenants of Residential Hotels (sfstandard.com)

Car insurance premiums based on job, education can ding low-wage workers - Iowa Capital Dispatch

American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Connecticut troopers falsified data on traffic stops reported to racial profiling board, audit says - ABC News (go.com)

Gov. Murphy says new Jersey most progressive on criminal justice (shorenewsnetwork.com)

Hundreds of teens takeover Lakeview, damage neighborhood (wgntv.com)