U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Apr. 22, 2015
'It's alive!'... But what is it?
The California courts and the voters have together given life to the California Constitution in a way that has spawned a few consequences that no one expected.
2nd Appellate District, Division 5
Brian M. Hoffstadt
Presiding Justice
California Court of Appeal
UCLA School of Law, 1995
One of the "happy incidents of [our] federal system" of government is the right and power of the states to serve as "laboratories for experimentation." New State Ice Co. v. Liebman, 285 U.S. 262, 311 (1982) (Brandeis, J., dissenting); Hall v. Florida, 134 S. Ct. 1986, 2001 (2014).
California has not let this power go unused. As explained below, the California courts and the voters have together given life to the California Constitution in a way that has spawned a few...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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