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Appendix to article in William & Mary Law Review vol. 63, no. 6 (2022),  Cannabis, Consumers, and the Trademark Laundering Trap  by Viva R. Moffat, Sam Kamin, and Tim Maffett

Moffat, Viva R.

Kamin, Sam

Maffett, Tim

William & Mary Law Review Online 
Volume Volume 63 (2021-2022) Article 4 
2-2-2022 
Appendix: Cannabis, Consumers, and the Trademark Laundering 
Trap 
Viva R. Moffat 
Sam Kamin 
Tim Maffett 
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Moffat, Viva R.; Kamin, Sam; and Maffett, Tim (2022) "Appendix: Cannabis, Consumers, and the 
Trademark Laundering Trap," William & Mary Law Review Online: Vol. 63, Article 4. 
Available at: https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlronline/vol63/iss1/4 
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Company 
Serial Registerd?, 
Number Filing Basis 
1906 88626361 No,1B 
1906 88769084 No,1B 
1906 88626363 No,1B 
1906 86940242 Yes, 1A 
1906 87600240 No,1B 
1906 87600242 No,1B 
1906 87600244 No,1B 
1906 88626366 No,1B 
1906 88769120 No,1B 
1906 88666423 Yes, 1A 
1906 88666419 Yes, 1A 
1906 88666420 Yes, 1A 
CBDistillery 88458385 No,1A 
CBDistillery 87274476 No,1A 
Curaleaf 88120354 Yes, 1A 
Curaleaf 88093822 Yes, 1A 
Curaleaf 88013026 No,1B 
Curaleaf 88121665 No,1B 
Curaleaf 88068377 No,1B 
Dixie Elixirs Company changing name; 
Fluent 88150402 Yes, 1A 
Good Chemistry 86638395 Yes, 1A 
Good Chemistry 86084507 Yes, 1A 
Harborside 87252708 Yes, 1A 
Harborside 87252703 Yes, 1A 
lncredibles 88636987 No,1B 
Kiva 87297240 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86860255 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86860249 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86860240 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86567388 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86984041 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86984042 Yes, 1A 
LivWell Enlightened Health 86984038 Yes, 1A 
Medicine Man 86918473 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 87368682 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 87368696 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 86366135 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 86366145 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 87368704 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 88001279 Yes, 1A 
MedMen 87368724 Yes, 1A 
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Native Roots 86694043 Yes, lA 
Native Roots 88008209 Yes, lA 
Native Roots 88260684 No,lA 
Native Roots 88015343 Yes, lA 
nuEra (formerly NuMed) N/A N/A 
O.penVAPE 86014581 Yes, lA 
O.penVAPE 86014584 Yes, lA 
O.penVAPE 86830578 Yes, lA 
Rise 88257388 No,1B 
RiSe 87864691 No,lA 
Simply Pure 88280350 No,1B 
Simply Pure 88280277 No,1B 
Simply Pure 88321396 Yes, lA 
The Green Solution 86094350 Yes, lA 
The Green Solution 86091715 Yes, lA 
The Green Solution 86096690 Yes, lA 
The Green Solution 86097112 Yes, lA 
Verilife 87903378 No,1B 
Wana 88428012 No,1B 
Wana 88655572 No,1B 
Wana 87325164 Yes, lA 
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Description of Goods 
IC 003: Essential Oils, Cosmetics, Creams 
IC 005: Non-prescription dietary and nutritional supplements 
IC 009: Batteries and Battery Chargers 
IC 009: Sunglasses 
IC 016: Stickers 
IC 018: Carrying Bags & Shopping Bags 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 034: Smokers' Articles (papers and containers explicitly for tobacco and cigarettes) 
IC 034: E-cig Liquid used in cartridges 
IC 041: Provide website and on line information relating to cannabis 
IC 044: Provide online information and news relating to cannabis 
IC 044: Provide online information and news relating to cannabis 
IC 003: "Legal" CBD Topical Cream, IC 005: CBD Tincture, IC 034: CBD Vape Cartridge Liquid IC 035: Online Retail Ir 
IC 005: "Legal" CBD Dietary and nutritional supplements comprised of hempt extract 
IC 021: Reusable Water Bottles sold empty 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 034: Vape Liquid Containing "Legal" CBD 
IC 034: Smokers' Articles; Namely, Pipes and Vaporizers (none of the foregoing intended for use with cannabis) 
IC 035: Retail and Online Services Featuring Smokers' Articles (none of the foregoing intended for use with cannal 
IC 032: Fruit drinks 
IC 16/35/44 Provide information and news relating to cannabis. 
IC 025: Hats and T-shirts 
IC 025: T-shirts 
IC 025/35/41/44: Clothing and cannabis educational services 
IC 025/35/41/44: Clothing and cannabis educational services 
IC 005: "Legal" CBD Edibles & IC 041: Cannabis Website 
IC 044: Provide information and news relating to cannabis. 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 034: E-cigs/Vapes 
IC 034: E-cigs/Vapes 
IC 034: E-cigs/Vapes 
IC 021: Coffee Mugs and Beanies & IC 034: Smokers' Articles; Namely, Smoking Pipes 
IC 021: Plastic Water Bottles Sold Empty 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 035: Business Advice and Information 
IC 035: Business Consultancy 
IC 036: Private Equity Fund Investment Services 
IC 041: Provide information and news relating to cannabis. 
IC 041: Arranging Seminars in Business and Investing 
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IC 025: Hats and Shirts for Promotional Purposes Only 
IC 025: Apparel for Promotional Purposes Only 
IC 035: Retail and Online Services Featuring "Legal" CBD 
IC 044/045: Provide information and news relating to cannabis. 
N/A: Did not trademark launder. 
IC 005: Tobacco Free Cigarettes for Medical Purposes 
IC 005: Tobacco Free Cigarettes for Medical Purposes 
IC 009/034: E-cigs/Vapes Battery and Chargers and Empty Cartridges 
IC 035: Retail Store and Online Retail Store for "Legal" CBD 
IC 034: Smokers' Articles & IC 041: Website providing information and news relating to cannabis 
IC 005: Medicated Candies Contained "Legal" CBD 
IC 035: Providing consumer information in the field of cannabis and hemp businesses and smokers' articles 
IC 041: Provide information and news relating to cannabis. 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 025: Clothing 
IC 034: Smokers' articles for tobacco 
IC 034: Smokers' articles for tobacco 
Various Registrations for goods including marijuana education, marijauna consulting, smokers' articles and retail • 
IC 005: Herbal Supplements 
IC 029: Edible hemp oil 
IC 041: Provide information and news relating to cannabis and marijuana 
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Disclaimer for 
Marijuana 
Attorney of Record's Firm 
Firm Size 
Applicant 
Required by (# of Attorneys) 
USPTO? 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
Yes Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
Yes Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
No Brand & Branch Underl0 Nuka Enterprises 
Yes VDB Legal Group Underl0 Balanced Health Botanicals 
Yes VDB Legal Group Underl0 Balanced Health Botanicals 
No Fish & Richardson 400+ Curaleaf 
No Fish & Richardson 400+ Curaleaf 
Yes Fish & Richardson 400+ Curaleaf 
N/A Fish & Richardson 400+ Curaleaf 
N/A Fish & Richardson 400+ Curaleaf 
No Messner Reeves 120 N/A 
No Jayaram Law Under 10 Trick Tail Capital 
No Sheridan Law Underl0 GCIP 
No Sheridan Law Under 10 GCIP 
Yes Evoke Law Underl0 FLRISH IP 
Yes Evoke Law Under 10 FLRISH IP 
Yes Greenberg Traurig 2200+ MC Brands 
Yes Evoke Law Under 10 Kiva Brands 
No Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
No Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
No Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
No Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
Yes Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
Yes Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
Yes Perkins Coie 1000+ Green Brands LLC 
No Davis Brown 75 Futurevision 
No In House N/A MM Enterprises USA 
No In House N/A MM Enterprises USA 
No Law Offices of Nigel Burns Underl0 MM Enterprises USA 
No Law Offices of Nigel Burns Under 10 MM Enterprises USA 
No In House MM Enterprises USA 
No In House MM Enterprises USA 
No In House MM Enterprises USA 
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No SK&S Law Under10 Native Roots IPCO 
No SK&S Law Under10 Native Roots IPCO 
Yes SK&S Law Under10 Native Roots IPCO 
No SK&S Law Under10 Native Roots IPCO 
N/A N/A N/A N/A 
Yes Sheridan Ross 50 National Concessions Group 
Yes Sheridan Ross 50 National Concessions Group 
Yes Sheridan Ross 50 National Concessions Group 
Yes Greenberg Traurig 2200+ VCP IP Holdings 
Yes, for Smokers' /. Greenberg Traurig 2200+ VCP IP Holdings 
Yes Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC 160 Wanda L. James (individual) 
Yes, for cannabis ri Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC 160 Wanda L. James (individual) 
No Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC 160 Wanda L. James (individual) 
No Spaulding Gomm Law Under10 MJ Brain Bank 
No Spaulding Gomm Law Under10 MJ Brain Bank 
Yes Spaulding Gomm Law Under10 MJ Brain Bank 
Yes Spaulding Gomm Law Under10 MJ Brain Bank 
Yes Thompson Coburn 330 Pharmacann 
Yes Bryan Cave 1600+ The Cima Group 
Yes Bryan Cave 1600+ The Cima Group 
Yes Bryan Cave 1600+ The Cima Group 
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USPTO Office Action 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
See pdf 
None 
None 
None 
None 
None 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
See pdf 
None 
None 
None 
See pdf 
See pdf 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
None 
See pdf 
None, likely because Cura leaf disclaims it initially 
None, likely because Cura leaf disclaims it initially 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
None 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
See pdf (1). Pdf {2) relates to request outside lawfulness/MJ 
See pdf (1). Pdf (2) relates to request outside lawfulness/MJ 
See pdf 
See pdf 
None 
None 
None 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
See pdf 
See pdf 
See pdf 
None 
None 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
None 
None 
None 
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Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
None 
See pdf 
Does not include lawfulness/MJ request 
See pdfs (2) and (3) 
See pdfs {2) and (3) 
See pdf 
See pdf 
See pdf {1) and pdf (2) 
See pdfs 
See pdf {1) 
None 
None 
None 
See pdfs 
See pdfs 
See pdfs 
See pdf 
See pdf 
See pdf {1) 
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Company Action 
Responded and Disclaimed 
Responded and Disclaimed 
No Response, no registration 
Responses trying to differentiate federally legal cbd. Still no Registration#. 
Response trying to differentiate federally legal cbd. Still no Registration#. 
Unprompted Disclaimer of "cannabis" by Company 
Unprompted Disclaimer of "cannabis" by Company 
Responded and Disclaimed 
Responded and Disclaimed 
Response trying to differentiate federally legal cbd. Still no Registration#. 
Responded and Disclaimed 
Responded and Disclaimed 
Responded and Disclaimed 
Responded and Disclaimed 
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Responses trying to differentiate federally legal cbd. Abandoned. 
Responded and Disclaimed in (3) 
Responded and Disclaimed in (3) 
Responded and side stepped inquiry 
Responded limiting to federally legal cbd 
Responded and side stepped inquiry 
First response rejected by USPTO. Abandoned by applicant. 
Response limits trademark to educational services and eliminates retail services 
First response indicates that applicant already disclaimed CSA in initial application. Ali 
First response indicates that applicant already disclaimed CSA in initial application. Al• 
Responded limiting trademark description to things less related to MJ. 
No response 
No response 
Responded and Disclaimed in (1) 
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Rascoe, Ayesha

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[Ayesha Rascoe, Host] The judge overseeing the handling of government documents seized at 
Mar-a-Lago last month has drawn scrutiny from the media and the legal profession. Judge 
Aileen Cannon is overseeing a case that focuses on former President Donald Trump, and yet she 
was nominated by Trump in his last year in office. Here to discuss the relationship between 
judges and politics is Neal Devins, a professor at the William & Mary Law School. Thank you so 
much for joining us. 
[Neal Devins] My pleasure. 
[Rascoe] You co-wrote a book called "The Company We Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came To 
The Supreme Court" (ph). How did the courts become so partisan? And I guess with that 
question, I need you to also define what you mean by partisan. 
[Devins] The story is a pretty simple story. Ronald Reagan sought to embrace ideology in the 
selection of judges. So instead of the world before 1980, where the parties were really quite 
similar to each other ideologically and ideology was not a factor in the selection of judges - it 
was much more a patronage position - all of a sudden, the selection of judges and the judges 
themselves were associated with one or the other party. 
[Rascoe] Getting back to Judge Cannon, the judge in the Mar-a-Lago case, this trend towards 
partisanship - it's affecting lower courts, as well. Like, is that the case? 
[Devins] Well, the lower court judges who are Republican tend to be more conservative than 
the Democrats. And I'm not defending her decision. I think it was incorrect. But I think that 
judge Cannon thought she was following the law. If this were a case involving Joe Biden, she 
might have come out the same way. We don't know that. 
[Rascoe] Is part of the issue here not only that the judiciary may have changed but also that the 
public has changed, where they are also looking at things through a partisan lens? 
[Devins] Yes, that's clearly at play here. I think that the reason you're speaking to me in part is 
this notion that this is a Trump judge who ruled for President Trump, and perhaps she did so to 
advance his personal interest. And I think that's how the public understands this. And what will 
be interesting to see is if this case is appealed to the 11th Circuit, which has a majority of 
Republican judges. President Trump appointed a good number of judges to the 11th Circuit. We 
may actually see Trump judges on the 11th Circuit overturn this decision, just as we saw Trump 
judges during the elections reject claims of election fraud pretty much uniformly. 
 
2/2 
 
[Rascoe]  Some people might look at this and say, well, Judge Cannon - she was appointed by 
Trump, and now she's ruling on a case about Trump. Is there any precedent for judges recusing 
themselves in that sort of situation? 
[Devins] A Republican judge has to be able to rule on a case involving President Trump. A 
Democratic judge has to be able to rule on a case involving President Biden, or else you're 
eliminating huge numbers of judges from either set of cases. And also, you're essentially 
embracing the idea that Republican judges can't rule on President Trump and Democratic 
judges can't rule on President Biden, which is problematic in and of itself. 
[Rascoe]  Is there - are there other motivations for a judge when they are making rulings 
outside of simply, well, this is the party that I've been associated with; this is the party that that 
put me into place? 
[Devins] Yeah. Judges care about how they get along with their colleagues. And their colleagues 
may not be all of the same political party. And also, these are individuals who, when they were 
selected to the bench, had been very successful lawyers. They have a strong interest in their 
reputation and not their reputation as a Republican or a Democrat but their reputation as being 
an excellent lawyer. And so I think there are other motivations than ideology that work towards 
the courts still being committed to the rule of law, even if they tend to vote in ways that match 
their party preferences. 
[Rascoe]  If people don't have faith in the judiciary and they don't have faith in the court 
system, like, what is the ultimate outcome of that? 
[Devins]  Well, if you give up your belief in the rule of law and you think judges are simply going 
to rule to advance one or another partisan or other objective, you lose your faith in government 
and the ability of government to treat people fairly. The rule of law is core to our democracy, to 
our belief that even if the government acts unfairly, there are still mechanisms in place to 
protect the individual. If you say that there are no mechanisms in place, that it's all politics, 
we're in a bad place, a very bad place. 
[Rascoe]  Neal Devins, professor of law and government at the William & Mary Law School, 
thank you so much for joining us. 
[Devins] You bet. My pleasure. 


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BILL OF RIGHTS JOURNAL
VOLUME 30 MARCH 2022 ISSUE 3
ARTICLES
SOLIDIFYING SUPREMACY CLAUSE IMMUNITY
Leslie A. Gardner
Justin C. Van Orsdol 567
HOPE DIES LAST: THE PROGRESSIVE POTENTIAL AND
REGRESSIVE REALITY OF THE ANTIBALKANIZATION 
APPROACH TO RACIAL EQUALITY
David Simson 613
FROM PRIVATE PREJUDICE TO PUBLIC POLICY: HOW 
RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES USE LIBERALISM TO CONTROL 
WOMEN’S BODIES—THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL IN 
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Gila Stopler 689
THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN WORKER’S MIND: 
THE ANTI-FREE SPEECH NATURE OF POPULAR LABOR 
LAW REFORMS
Daniel V. Johns 755
ALL THE SOVEREIGN’S AGENTS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL 
CREDENTIALS OF ADMINISTRATION
Kate Jackson 777
NOTES
WAL-MART STORES, INC. V. TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE 
COMMISSION: THE SUPREME COURT MISSES ITS “SHOT” AT 
CLARIFYING STATE ALCOHOL REGULATIONS AND THE 
COMMERCE CLAUSE
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NOT SO OBJECTIVE INDICIA: WHY PUBLIC POLLING AND 
BALLOT REFERENDA COULD CREATE A MORE CONCRETE 
STANDARD FOR EIGHTH AMENDMENT OBJECTIVE 
INDICIA ANALYSIS
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7/7/22, 12:51 PM Opinion | Abortion rights aren't likely to be saved by state supreme courts - The Washington Post
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Opinion   Think state supreme
courts will save abortion
rights? Think again.
By Neal Devins
June 22, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT
Neal Devins is a professor of law at William and Mary.
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, don’t look to state supreme courts to step in to protect abortion
rights.
State supreme courts have the power to interpret their own state constitutions to provide broader protections for
individual liberty than the U.S. Supreme Court. But they rarely break from their state’s dominant political culture.
Unlike life-tenured federal court judges, justices in 38 states stand for election, and their decisions are subject to voter
initiatives and other democratic checks. On abortion, they probably agree with their state’s political establishment and,
if not, they understand that any decision countermanding the state is subject to political override.
Witness a decision the Iowa Supreme Court handed down last week. Concluding that its 2018 ruling establishing a state
constitutional right to abortion “insufficiently recognizes that future human lives are at stake,” the Iowa Supreme Court
overruled that precedent. It also sent a message to other state supreme courts: Don’t buck the dominant political party.
How did the Iowa Supreme Court come to overturn its own prior decision? Following the 2018 ruling, which invalidated
a 72-hour waiting period for abortions, lawmakers changed the state’s judicial selection process — a merit selection plan
in which lawyers and the senior supreme court justice dominated the commission that nominates judicial candidates.
Jettisoning that system in favor of one allowing the governor to appoint a majority of the commission enabled Iowa
Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) to remake the court into a conservative body.
Iowa is not alone. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took aim at a 2017 state supreme
court decision blocking a 24-hour waiting period law. By replacing three retiring
Democrats on the Florida Supreme Court with “appointees who will interpret the law,
be willing to reverse bad precedent and not legislate from the bench,” DeSantis
transformed the court and ushered in a new era of conservative judicial decision-
making. The Florida Supreme Court has already reversed a 2016 ruling requiring a
unanimous jury recommendation for a death sentence; on abortion, it seems poised
to overturn precedent and uphold the state’s recently enacted 15-week ban.
Even in still-purple Kansas, a Democratic governor and supreme court dominated by Democratic appointments might
not be enough to save state abortion rights. In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court recognized a right to “control one’s own
body” when striking down a state law banning dilation and evacuation, the most commonly used procedure for second-
trimester abortions. Republican lawmakers took aim, promoting an initiative to amend the state constitution to say that
it does not confer a right to abortion. Kansans will vote on that initiative in August.
Letters to the Editor
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Ways to protect life in
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7/7/22, 12:51 PM Opinion | Abortion rights aren't likely to be saved by state supreme courts - The Washington Post
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While this initiative might fail, Kansas is the exception that proves the rule. The antiabortion juggernaut will not be
stopped in those very states where abortion rights are most in jeopardy. There, the risks of electoral defeat, voter
override or other political attack are too great. More than that, red-state justices typically embrace red-state values.
There is little doubt that recently appointed justices to the Iowa and Florida supreme courts disapproved of the rights-
expanding precedents they overturned.
For similar reasons, there is little prospect that a majority of justices in any of the 13 states set to outlaw abortion
immediately or very quickly if Roe is overturned will risk electoral defeat to set aside a U.S. Supreme Court decision
they probably support. In contrast to national opinion polls backing abortion rights, voters in states that would
eliminate or severely restrict abortion think that abortion should be fully or mostly illegal. Take Mississippi, the state
whose abortion law is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Almost 60 percent of adult Mississippians oppose abortion
rights. In Idaho (where the state supreme court will hear arguments about a state constitutional right to abortion in
August), Republicans are dominant, and two-thirds oppose abortion. There is little chance that either of these courts
would find a state constitutional right to abortion.
None of this is to say that state supreme courts did not play a critical role in establishing and expanding individual
rights protections. Defenders of state constitutionalism are correct when they extol state supreme courts for playing a
leadership role on search and seizure, interracial marriage, same-sex marriage and more. They are also correct that
there are some issues (property rights, for example) where broad bipartisan opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court
creates a void that state courts can fill. In today’s polarized world, however, those issues are few and far between. Red-
state supreme courts back red-state values, and blue-state courts back blue-state values. Just as Mississippi and Idaho
are unlikely to back abortion rights, state supreme courts in New York and California will not find a state constitutional
right to bear arms.
Correspondingly, there is a hollow ring to claims such as the one made by Brett M. Kavanaugh at his confirmation
hearing that people “affected” by and “upset” with the U.S. Supreme Court can seek relief by turning to “state
constitutions and state constitutional law.” That might have been true when there was no sharp Republican-Democrat
divide on abortion, guns and other hot-button issues; it is not true today. State supreme courts are bellwethers of state
politics, not rights-protecting pathbreakers.


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