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To: David
Do you have a federal constitutional or other right that the state court correctly apply the state constitution? Probably don't have that either.

It depends on both the "due process" clause in the 14th Amendment (IMHO, a shaky one, but then again, I'm not a lawyer) and the interpretation of this little gem from Article IV:

Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
It can be argued that, by amending Nevada's constitution in a manner wholly inconsistent with the procedures outlined in same, the SCON has introduced a non-republican (small "r") form of government to Nevada.
122 posted on 07/14/2003 8:16:45 PM PDT by steveegg (Help kill this tagline - donate to FR today - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: steveegg
I am a lawyer and I beleive that you are right both on the 14th amendemnt and the article IV points. Actually I have been saying this from the beginning on this thread. I do not see where David gets the idea that we do not have this right in ordered liberty substantive due procees and ordered liberty withequal protection of the laws. This is the 14th qamendment to the federal constitution made direectly applicabel to the states in their actions towards US CITIZENS.
137 posted on 07/14/2003 9:03:00 PM PDT by ontos-on
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