through the whole extent of two decades have passed since Justice William J Brennan.

through the whole extent of two decades have passed since Justice William J Brennan, Jr called for state courts to interpret their state constitutions independent of federal constitutional jurisprudence.(1) For any Justice Brennan's message signaled the rebirth of state constitutional law and was the genesis of what has become known as the of recent origin judicial federalism. In the years since Justice Brennan's call, the number of decisions resting upon state constitutional grounds has proliferated, as has the commentary the make subordinate receives. Despite the relative enthusiasm with which many state courts have

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