The Latest Breaking News from Alaska Supreme Court

Supreme Court Will Consider Excessive Fines Clause Asset Forfeiture Case

It will review Alaska's confiscation of a $95,000 plane arising from the pilot's illegal transportation of up to 72 cans of beer.

Reason · Jul 21

U.S. Supreme Court upholds legality of Mississippi's absentee ballot return law

Welcome to the Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia · Jul 1

Union Station: Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Janus requires annual opt-ins for union membership

The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case where the state of Alaska claims that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME requires annual opt-ins for union membership.

Ballotpedia · Oct 21, 2022

Alaska Supreme Court finds Anchorage state Senate map is ‘unconstitutional political gerrymander’

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a map of state Senate districts in Anchorage “constituted an unconstitutional political gerrymander violating equal protection under the Alaska Constitution.”

Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022

Court Upholds Allowing Pro-Vaccination Parent to Make Vaccination Decisions for Children

From Dutchess v. Dutch, decided yesterday (correctly, I think) by the Alaska Supreme Court: Divorced parents disagree about vaccinating their two minor children. The father wants to vaccinate the children per their pediatrician's recommendation. The mother objects on religious grounds to vaccinating the children…. [T]he superior court issued an order…

Reason · Mar 10, 2022

Alaska court rules against youths in climate change lawsuit

The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2022

Alaska Supreme Court upholds elections ballot measure, state will use ranked-choice voting

The Alaska Supreme Court this week upheld the constitutionality of a new voter-approved elections system, ending the last legal challenge against it.

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022

Alaska court weighs arguments over new election process

The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing arguments in a case that challenges the constitutionality of a voter-approved system that would end party primaries in the state and institute ranked-choice voting in general elections

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022