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Courts As Watchdogs Of The Washington State Initiative Process, Kenneth P. Miller
Courts As Watchdogs Of The Washington State Initiative Process, Kenneth P. Miller
Seattle University Law Review
This Article describes the high rate at which courts have invali- dated Washington initiatives and then explores why this is so. The Article suggests that it is initiative lawmaking's Populist orientation—with respect to both its unfiltered majoritarian processes and its often—constitutionally suspect substance-that makes initiatives vulnerable to legal attack.
Initiatives—Enemy Of The Republic, Brewster C. Denny
Initiatives—Enemy Of The Republic, Brewster C. Denny
Seattle University Law Review
The Seattle University Law Review's Symposium on the initiative process in Washington State addresses an issue of both transcendent importance to the health of the Republic and immediate challenge to the welfare of the children of this state. This discussion could not be more timely, and not just locally. Here's why. Devolution, tax cuts for the rich and the super rich, welfare reform, and a more conservative, market-oriented philosophy of government lay on the states and low income parents and children the burden of meeting the most critical needs of children-from prenatal care through college. With twenty percent of our …
Direct Democracy Is Not Republican Government, Steven William Marlowe
Direct Democracy Is Not Republican Government, Steven William Marlowe
Seattle University Law Review
This Article will initially explain the examples of direct democracy in the states of Washington and Oregon. It will then analyze the United States Constitution's Guarantee Clause. Finally, this Article will argue that state initiative and referendum provisions are inconsistent with a republican form of government and that laws passed through the use of this process are unconstitutional.