Mj. Dragich, State constitutional restrictions on legislative procedure: Rethinking theanalysis of original purpose, single subject, and clear title challenges, HARV J LEG, 38(1), 2001, pp. 103-171
State constitutions generally contain numerous procedural limitations on th
e state's legislative process, and courts occasionally invalidate laws that
are found to have been passed in violation of these requirements. Professo
r Dragich argues that the courts have not provided well-reasoned analysis i
n these cases and argues that the goals of the procedural limitations are,
at times, being frustrated by their lax enforcement. This Article focuses o
n three forms of procedural challenges in an attempt to explain where the c
ourts have erred and to provide a more coherent method of analyzing these c
laims in the future.