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“An argument for zero-based state constitutional interpretation”

At the Lectern

Nick Scheuerman writes on SCOCAblog , the online publication of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law and of the UC Law Journal , that “the California Supreme Court generally does not interpret the California constitution independently [of the federal constitution]. Supreme Court has said or might say.

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen

ALPS

The Path to Well-Being in Law. And in any movement, you need a few leaders, a few examples to jump out in front. A lawyer by training, Margaret began her career in the Roanoke City Commonwealth Attorney’s Office prosecuting criminal cases and then went on to defend criminal cases throughout the Roanoke and New River Valleys.

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