the courts are obliged to look for some discernible connection between the standards fixed by the courts and the constitutions of the United States and the State of Washington. The United States Constitution says that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against...
Article IV, Section 1 of Washington's Constitution vests the judicial power of this state in a separate branch of government the judiciary. Washington State Bar Ass'n v. State,125 Wash. 2d 901, 906,890 P.2d 1047(1995). Legislation which violates the separation of powers doctrine is void....
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CARNATION, Wash. -- Firefighters managed to save a man's pet cat from their burning home in Carnation Thursday afternoon. The homeowner was napping just before 2 p. m. when he awakened by his dog barking and noticed a heavy smoke building in his home jus
Law. The case was brought to the Supreme Court after Nebraska state Senator Ernie Chambers sued on the grounds that opening prayer before the session by a state-sponsored chaplain was a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. [Pictured: A copy of the U.S. Bill of ...
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Law. The case was brought to the Supreme Court after Nebraska state Senator Ernie Chambers sued on the grounds that opening prayer before the session by a state-sponsored chaplain was a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. [Pictured: A copy of the U.S. Bill of ...
There is a serious case to be made that American society would be freer and happier without the Court’s periodic invalidation of federal and state statutes—that Congress has been over time a far more dependable steward of individual rights than has the Court (or the executive bra...
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I concur with Justice Durham's majority opinion. I believe the arguments of the dissent are most compelling; however, the end result appears to be subjective judicial policy making. This is the exclusive province of the Legislature, and the judiciary must not invade it. ...