All Articles tagged message of necessity

• General
  March 23, 2015 EDT
  NEW YORK STATE AND THE NEW YORK SAFE ACT: A CASE STUDY IN STRICT GUN LAWS
  Robert J. Spitzer

  This article examines the case of New York—a state that has long been in the forefront of tougher gun laws, and that has, in the minds of some, become a...

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 23, 2013 EDT
  “IT AIN‘T NECESSARILY SO”: THE GOVERNOR‘S “MESSAGE OF NECESSITY” AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN NEW YORK
  Peter J. GalieChristopher Bopst

  This article examines the New York State Constitution‘s bill aging and message of necessity provisions.