This Article traces the independent development in the case law interpreting the Washington Constitution and in the drafting of the document itself. It is the position of the authors that the strict approach and consequent rigorous, independent analysis by the Washington court is not a necessary or appropriate method of deciding church-state issues, at least in many contexts. When examining establishment clause issues under the state constitution, the Washington State Supreme Court should therefore modify its previous position and adopt a more common-sense approach in lieu of the doctrinaire rigidity that has characterized prior opinions
This article sets forth five rules with respect to what government may do to accommodate religious p...
In its recent ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, the U.S. Supreme Court t...
This Article will discuss (1) the politics that influenced the drafting of the judicial article (art...
This Article traces the independent development in the case law interpreting the Washington Constitu...
Article I, Section 11, of the Washington Constitution, titled Religious Freedom, provides more pro...
In 1986 the Washington Supreme Court set forth six criteria for courts to apply in determining wheth...
In many state constitutions, the provisions dealing with the relationship of church and state differ...
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads in part, Congress shall make no law res...
Should the U.S. constitution afford greater discretion to states than to the federal government in m...
This Comment will first define the peremptory challenge and discuss its history and normative values...
As evidenced by current interpretations of the establishment clause, lower federal court decisions i...
This Article studies the problem of choosing constitutions-particularly the choice between applying ...
Increasingly, Washington courts are being asked to consider our Declaration as an independent and ef...
This Article will demonstrate that history does in fact provide guidance to the intention of the fra...
In recent years, the Supreme Court has recognized the downturn of consistent and reliable Establishm...
This article sets forth five rules with respect to what government may do to accommodate religious p...
In its recent ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, the U.S. Supreme Court t...
This Article will discuss (1) the politics that influenced the drafting of the judicial article (art...
This Article traces the independent development in the case law interpreting the Washington Constitu...
Article I, Section 11, of the Washington Constitution, titled Religious Freedom, provides more pro...
In 1986 the Washington Supreme Court set forth six criteria for courts to apply in determining wheth...
In many state constitutions, the provisions dealing with the relationship of church and state differ...
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads in part, Congress shall make no law res...
Should the U.S. constitution afford greater discretion to states than to the federal government in m...
This Comment will first define the peremptory challenge and discuss its history and normative values...
As evidenced by current interpretations of the establishment clause, lower federal court decisions i...
This Article studies the problem of choosing constitutions-particularly the choice between applying ...
Increasingly, Washington courts are being asked to consider our Declaration as an independent and ef...
This Article will demonstrate that history does in fact provide guidance to the intention of the fra...
In recent years, the Supreme Court has recognized the downturn of consistent and reliable Establishm...
This article sets forth five rules with respect to what government may do to accommodate religious p...
In its recent ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, the U.S. Supreme Court t...
This Article will discuss (1) the politics that influenced the drafting of the judicial article (art...