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In California, You Can Stuff A Turkey But Not A Bill

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Article IV, Section 9 of the California Constitution provides "A statute shall embrace but one subject, which shall be expressed in its title".  This rather simple notion, absent from the United States Constitution, dates...more

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Why Courts Should Give The Legislature The Benefit Of The Doubt

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Like many others, I’m a huge fan of Justice William W. Bedsworth’s column, “A Criminal Waste of Space”.  Today’s post was inspired by Justice Bedsworth’s most recent column bemoaning the misplaced instinct of lawyers in their...more

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