All Articles tagged Legislative Process

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 13, 2019 EDT
  THE SINGLE-SUBJECT RULE: A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA
  Richard Briffault

  This article reviews the history and purposes behind the single-subject rule, examines how state courts have applied it; and reflects on the failure of the rule to achieve its goal.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  December 02, 2015 EDT
  CONSTRAINED BEHAVIOR: UNDERSTANDING THE ENTRENCHMENT OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE IN AMERICAN STATE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
  Nancy Martorano MillerKeith E. HammRonald D. Hedlund

  This study presents a quantitative measure of constitutional restrictiveness and explores the variation in this measure across the fifty state legislatures and the U.S. Congress.