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State Judges And The Right To Vote, Joshua A. Douglas
State Judges And The Right To Vote, Joshua A. Douglas
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
State courts are paramount in defining the constitutional right to vote. This primacy of state courts exists in part because the right to vote is a state-based right protected under state constitutions. In addition, election administration is largely state-driven, with states regulating most of the rules for casting and counting ballots. State law thus guarantees—and state courts interpret—the voting rights that we cherish so much as a society. State courts that issue rulings broadly defining the constitutional right to vote best protect the most fundamental right in our democracy; state decisions that constrain voting to a narrower scope do harm …
The New Federalism In Criminal Procedure: State Court Evasion Of The Burger Court, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
The New Federalism In Criminal Procedure: State Court Evasion Of The Burger Court, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Kentucky Law Journal
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