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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Subject: Re: LBJ's anti-nepotism law (was: Hillary will not...)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.232131.8881@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov19.135113.26340@athena.mit.edu> <1992Nov19.173101.25548@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov19.192402.22116@cs.ucla.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:21:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.192402.22116@cs.ucla.edu> pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Brad Pierce) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov19.173101.25548@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>It's de facto constitutional. No president would dare challenge *this* law's
- >>constitutionality, even if it isn't constitutional.
- >
- >Are there any states in the USA where that state's Supreme Court must
- >review *all* state laws, determining whether they are constitutional?
-
- There are no such states to my knowledge. There are some states, such
- as Massachusetts, where the Supreme Court of the state may offer advisory
- opinions on pending legislation. One of these advisory opinions led Dukakis
- to make his now-infamous veto of the mandatory pledge of allegiance in
- the public schools.
-
- There's a good case to be made for not reviewing legislation until
- someone who is actually aggrieved by the legislation challenges it.
- --
- ted frank | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu
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- the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
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