referendum

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-8600 Marco E. Torres, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-06-04 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder cruel-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection media-campaign referendum Whether the successful media campaign and referendum culminating in affirmance of Mr. Torres' death sentences qualify as cruel-and-unusual-punishment
19-1219 Respect Washington v. Burien Communities for Inclusion, et al. Washington 2020-04-16 Denied Response Waived ballot ballot-access civil-rights election-law first-amendment free-speech initiative initiative-process political-speech referendum voting voting-rights Whether the First Amendment protects the right of citizens to vote on an initiative that meets all time, place and manner requirements for the initiat…
19-8045 Raymond Mata, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-03-19 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment legislative-veto nebraska nebraska-legislature referendum referendum-power standing veto Whether the citizens of Nebraska through improper use of their referendum power, or the trial court or Nebraska Supreme Court through erroneous approv…
19-5203 In Re Angel Ruiz-Rivera 2019-07-17 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment debt-issuance due-process federal-law government-debt judicial-authority judicial-discretion legal-interpretation puerto-rico-government referendum standing statutory-interpretation takings Is Joint Resolution 87-121 of August 3, 1961 by the U.S. Congress and the amendment to the Constitution of P.R. approved therein and ratified by 82% o…