%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Constitutional Features in Judicial Review
%A Adam R. Brown
%J State Politics & Policy Quarterly
%@ 1946-1607
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1532440018786732
%X American state constitutions vary tremendously in their length, amendment rate, and age. These three variables¡ªespecially the first two¡ªstrongly influence the rate at which state supreme courts strike down state actions for violating the state constitution. Longer, more detailed constitutions reduce policy flexibility, increasing judicial invalidations; rarely updated constitutions may fail to address modern concerns, increasing invalidations; and recently adopted constitutions may contain fragile logrolls and similar shortcomings, also increasing invalidations. These findings add new considerations to a rich literature on judicial review in state supreme courts
%K judicial politics
%K judicial behavior
%K state constitutions
%K federalism
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1532440018786732