Vol. 78, Issue 4, 2015

DEDICATION TO CHIEF JUDGE JONATHAN LIPPMAN

Antonio E. Galvao

Dedication to Chief Judge Lippman.

INTRODUCTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL CHIEF JUDGE LAWRENCE H. COOKE SYMPOSIUM, HIGH COURTS, CENTER SEAT: CHIEF JUSTICES AT ALBANY LAW SCHOOL; AND “THE LIPPMAN TOP TEN”

Vincent Martin Bonventre

Introduction to symposium.

State Constitutional Commentary
RUNNING MOM AND POP BUSINESSES BY THE GOOD BOOK: THE SCOPE OF RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF BUSINESS OWNERS
Loren F. Selznick
This article contrastw the religious rights of small business owners under federal and state law by visiting two recent battle sites in the American culture war.
State Constitutional Commentary
LAWYERS NEED LAW: JUDICIAL FEDERALISM, STATE COURTS, AND LAWYERS IN SEARCH AND SEIZURE CASES
Richard S. Price
This article explores how lawyers have contributed to the development of state constitutional rights law in the search and seizure context.
State Constitutional Commentary
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.
State Constitutional Commentary
STATE SUPREME COURTS AND SHARED NETWORKING: THE DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION POLICY
Shane A. GleasonRobert M. Howard
This study extends both the interdependent assumptions of social network analysis and the policy diffusion literatures to state supreme courts by examining education policy diffusion.

State Constitutional Commentary

CONSTITUTIONAL “STUFF”: HOUSE CLEANING THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTION—PART II

Peter J. GalieChristopher Bopst

This article speaks to the public policy sections of the document, which are located in articles VII through XVIII of the New York State Constitution.

State Constitutional Commentary

CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS IN SELF-REPRESENTATION

Caroline Johnson Levine

This essay recounts McKenzie v. State, in which the Florida Supreme Court addressed many of the issues created by a defendant who chooses to represent himself in criminal proceedings.

State Constitutional Commentary

TO SNIFF OR NOT TO SNIFF: MAKING SENSE OF PAST AND RECENT STATE AND FEDERAL DECISIONS IN CONNECTION WITH DRUG-DETECTION DOGS—WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Linsay N. Zanello

This note seeks to explore and reconcile the conflicts regarding the courts’ various decisions involving drug-detection dogs.

State Constitutional Commentary
EDITOR’S FOREWORD
Vincent Martin Bonventre
Foreword.

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