All Articles tagged constitutional amendment

• New York Appeals
  November 11, 2020 EDT
  CHIEF JUDGE JANET DIFIORE: PUSHING NEW YORK COURT SYSTEM FORWARD
  Emily Anne Gray

  This note discusses the Excellence Initiative and the proposed restructuring of the New York court system.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  GIDEON GOES TO SCHOOL: AN ARGUMENT FOR A RIGHT TO APPOINTED COUNSEL IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
  Eric Weinhold

  To fulfill NY’s constitutional mandate to provide a sound basic education, NY should enact a constitutional amendment creating a right to appointed civil representation when students face school-disciplinary actions.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CARVE-OUTS FOR RANCHING AND FARMING PROTECTIONS THROUGH STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
  Michele H. Inman

  This note investigates the following question: Is it reasonable to create additional rights for ranchers and farmers through state constitutional amendments?

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 23, 2013 EDT
  DEFINING RIGHTS IN THE STATES: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND POPULAR RESPONSE
  Kenneth P. Miller

  This article examines state-level contests over the definition of rights.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  WHEN DOES A GAMBLING PROHIBITION NOT PROHIBIT GAMBLING? OR AN ALTERNATIVE MAD HATTER‘S RIDDLE AND HOW IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN NEW YORK
  Gerald Benjamin

  This article considers constitutional change in New York through the lens of a gambling prohibition.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  STATE CONSTITUTIONS AS INTERACTIVE EXPRESSIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL VALUES
  Justin R. Long

  This essay argues that the Oklahoma amendment preventing looking to the law of other nations and cultures offers an example of the use of state constitutions to express the national...

• State Constitutional Commentary
  May 05, 2007 EDT
  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MECHANISMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN NEW YORK AND THE FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE INITIATIVE POWER
  Jerald A. Sharum

  This article tracks the changes made to the mechanisms of constitutional change to identify important themes and considerations that have shaped the power of constitutional change in NY.