State constitutional restrictions on legislative procedure: Rethinking theanalysis of original purpose, single subject, and clear title challenges

Authors
Citation
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
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Law
Journal title
HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION
ISSN journal
0017808X → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
103 - 171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-808X(200124)38:1<103:SCROLP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
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.