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Referendum
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California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Supreme Court Rejects City’s Attempt To “Evade” General Plan Amendment Referendum
By Alan Murphy
The California Supreme Court has unanimously denied an effort by the City of Orange to defend its approvals for a residential development project despite an intervening public vote that rejected…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Do we need to worry seriously about voter confusion in the states in which the future of the death penalty is on ballot?
Main November 6, 2016Do we need to worry seriously about voter confusion in the states in which the future of the death penalty is on ballot?The question in the title…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Anyone eager to predict the exact results of Nebraska Referendum 426, the state’s “Death Penalty Repeal Veto Referendum”?
Main October 23, 2016Anyone eager to predict the exact results of Nebraska Referendum 426, the state's "Death Penalty Repeal Veto Referendum"?Practically and politically, the most important vote this fall concerning…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Might the Nebraska death penalty repeal referendum in 2016 be even more important symbolically than the dueling California capital initiatives?
Main July 6, 2016Might the Nebraska death penalty repeal referendum in 2016 be even more important symbolically than the dueling California capital initiatives?As highlighted in prior posts here and here,…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Brexit
The Clash summed up the European Union's attitude to the forthcoming Brexit vote (this Thursday June 23): This indecision's bugging me, If you don't want me set me free. The…
Environmental and Climate
Court of Appeal Hands Medical Marijuana Advocates a Two-Fold Victory, Under Both State Election Law and CEQA
Medical marijuana advocates in Kern County recently obtained victories in the Fifth Appellate District Court of Appeal on two fronts, invalidating one ordinance that would ban dispensaries and another that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Nebraska group submits signatures to halt death penalty repeal and set up fascinating 2016 vote
Main August 26, 2015Nebraska group submits signatures to halt death penalty repeal and set up fascinating 2016 voteAs reported in this new AP article, the "organization campaigning to reinstate Nebraska's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How much will get spent on (merely symbolic?) death penalty referendum efforts in Nebraska?
Main June 22, 2015How much will get spent on (merely symbolic?) death penalty referendum efforts in Nebraska?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this notable local…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Will Nebraska’s Death Penalty Come Back?”
Main June 14, 2015"Will Nebraska’s Death Penalty Come Back?"The title of this post is the headline of this new New York Times editorial. The substance of the editorial makes clear…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Lea Brilmayer Argues the Crimean Referendum is Invalid – – – and Unconstitutional
In an op-ed for The Guardian, Professor Lea Brilmayer contends that not only is the Crimean referendum regarding joining Russia problematic given the presence of Russian troops, but thenthere's a…