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Will The Ninth Circuit Be Reversed In Banaitis V. Commissioner?, Richard Mason Sep 2004

Will The Ninth Circuit Be Reversed In Banaitis V. Commissioner?, Richard Mason

Nevada Law Journal

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The E.L. Wiegand Lecture: Administrability-Based Tax Simplification, Steve R. Johnson Mar 2004

The E.L. Wiegand Lecture: Administrability-Based Tax Simplification, Steve R. Johnson

Nevada Law Journal

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Supermajority Provisions, Guinn V. Legislature And A Flawed Constitutional Structure, Steve R. Johnson Mar 2004

Supermajority Provisions, Guinn V. Legislature And A Flawed Constitutional Structure, Steve R. Johnson

Nevada Law Journal

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The Most Rational Branch: Guinn V. Legislature And The Judiciary's Role As Helpful Arbiter Of Conflict, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jan 2004

The Most Rational Branch: Guinn V. Legislature And The Judiciary's Role As Helpful Arbiter Of Conflict, Jeffrey W. Stempel

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When the Nevada Supreme Court decided Guinn v. Legislature, one would have thought from reading the popular press accounts that the court had forcibly displaced the State legislature by means of a violent coup d'etat. Newspaper accounts of the decision referred to it as a usurpation of power in violation of clear constitutional language, belittling the court in language sometimes more appropriate to the baseball bleachers than to serious editorial commentary. Following suit, politicized elements of the citizenry began a recall effort (seemingly unsuccessful as of this writing) directed at the court as well as joining the chorus of criticisms. …