State constitutional policymaking involves federal and interstate courts as well as state institutions

Evidence

The litigation over school finance and same-sex marriage shows how constitutional policymaking involves state supreme courts and other institutions of state government. State supreme courts’ interactions with federal courts and supreme courts in other states, however, are also crucial to state constitutional policymaking. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3368

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Each American state has its own constitution alongside the federal one. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 153; Courts do not simply dominate American policymaking. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 191; Courts depend on the other branches to enforce their judgments. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1648 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Courts do not simply dominate American policymaking. #complicates (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 191
• Courts depend on the other branches to enforce their judgments. #expands (0.72) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1648
• Court hierarchies bind lower courts to higher courts’ rulings #expands (0.71) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 257