The Mayflower Experiment
by Jery Payne In August of 1620, a group of Puritans set sail from Southampton, England, on two ships named the Mayflower and the Speedwell. The destination was Virginia. The […]
2019
Statutory Construction: Interpreting requirements for action by a public body, numbers, references to statutes, and introductory portions of statutes
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of seven articles on statutory construction that LegiSource is reposting during the 2019 legislative interim. This article was originally posted September […]
Recent Developments in Single Subject Requirement Case Law – Part III
By Jason Gelender Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a three-part series on recent court decisions interpreting and applying the constitutional single subject requirement. The first article was […]
Statutory Construction: Singular v. Plural, Gender, and Time
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of seven articles on statutory construction that LegiSource is reposting during the 2019 legislative interim. This article was originally posted August […]
Federal Law as Law of the Land: Federal Preemption
by Samantha Bloch The United States is a federal system in which federal laws and state laws coexist. But what happens when state law conflicts with federal law? The short […]