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Angel of Death
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« on: September 07, 2015, 05:16:31 PM »
Can a state court rule that part of the state constitution is unconstitutional on a federal level? Has it actually ever happened?
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Angel of Death
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2016, 10:30:42 AM »
Found an answer to my own question in the form of Silverman v. Campbell, in which the South Carolina Supreme Court voided the parts of the state constitution that bar atheists from public office.
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