The Supreme Court of Georgia routinely emphasizes the importance of interpreting the
Georgia Constitution on its own terms, and not merely importing federal interpretations of the …

Textualism is alive and well in Alabama. This interpretive doctrine teaches that legal texts
have objective meaning and that it is the job of judges to find and apply that meaning …

Justice Brennan famously reminded jurists that our governmental system includes two
constitutions applicable to each state, and New Judicial Federalism was born. Since then …

" State constitutionalism... is... vital yet underdeveloped [.]" 1 The right to pursue one's
chosen profession free from unreasonable government interference is inherent in the …

State courts interpreting state constitutions face the recurring issue of how much weight to
afford Supreme Court of the United States precedent addressing comparable questions …

From one of the nation's preeminent constitutional scholars, a sweeping rethinking of the
uses of history in constitutional interpretation Fights over history are at the heart of most …

The First Amendment's Free Exercise and Establishment Clausescollectively the" Religion
Clauses"-" express the view, foundational to our constitutional system, that religious beliefs …

Almost a half century since Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. delivered his 1977 Meiklejohn
Lecture, advocates once again are turning to state courts and state constitutions in the hope …

There has been a good deal written about why state courts should independently interpret
state constitutions. But not much on how they should do that. We shouldn't just assume that …

Debates over constitutional interpretation rage on—with most parties staking out preferred
theories, their justifications, and assertions of their utility in predicting, explaining, and …