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State Court Report

U.S. center-left (progressive-leaning legal policy think tank)

Owned byA project of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonprofit. It is edited by the center's Judiciary Program, led by Alicia Bannon (editor in chief) with Douglas Keith as a founding editor.
FundingFunded through the Brennan Center's philanthropic support (foundation grants and individual donors). It carries no advertising and has no paywall. I did not find a project-specific funding breakdown.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

State Court Report was launched in September 2023 by the Brennan Center for Justice as a site devoted to state constitutions and state courts. Alicia Bannon, director of the Brennan Center's Judiciary Program, is editor in chief, and Douglas Keith, senior counsel in the program, is a founding editor. The site publishes news, analysis and commentary from outside legal experts, and keeps a database of about 550 significant state supreme court decisions and briefs since 2021, along with materials from major pending cases. It has also had a content partnership with Slate. The site calls itself nonpartisan, but it is an output of an advocacy-oriented think tank that generally supports voting rights, judicial independence and expansive readings of state constitutional protections. It also takes critical positions on court-curbing efforts and on money in judicial elections. Its recent coverage includes state attorneys general suing over Trump administration policies such as the birthright citizenship order. Its framing in that coverage is generally sympathetic to the challengers. The Brennan Center's own work includes critical research on the administration's attempts to take over elections. No major editorial scandals were found, and the site's research content is detailed and sourced. Its perspective is that of a center-left legal reform organization.

Sources

  1. Brennan Center Launches State Court Report, Website Dedicated to State Constitutions and Courts
  2. About State Court Report
  3. Welcome to State Court Report
  4. State Court Report - Influence Watch
  5. Alicia Bannon - State Court Report
  6. Slate and State Court Report Begin Partnership
  7. Here's What 34 Courts Have Said About the Trump Administration's Attempts to Take Over Elections

Profile compiled 2026-10-31; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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