Ohio’s recent Joint Resolution 2 requires a 60 percent vote to approve any amendments to the Ohio Constitution. Voters will have to approve this new threshold at an August special election. Steven Steinglass, Dean Emeritus of the Cleveland State University …
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West Academic Study Aids are available on the law library’s website under Law Databases. Hundreds of titles are available that cover most law school courses. Some of the popular study aid series include Nutshells, Acing Series, Concepts and Insights, Gilbert Summaries, and Sum and …
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The Insular Cases were a series of Supreme Court decisions that decreed limits to the rights of U.S. citizens in territories based largely on their race. The cases arose from the U.S. acquisition of new territories from Spain after the …
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ProQuest Congressional (linked from our database page) is a collection of historic and current congressional information and is one of the best databases for legislative history information. It is available on campus or remotely with authentication (CSU ID and PIN). One great …
A recent New York Times article (via Yahoo) titled A Powerful Court asks the question if the U.S. Supreme Court is too powerful and should the justices’ time on the bench be limited with a term of years or a …
