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1 Anthony Sanders, Giving Meaning to Georgia's 'Social Status' Clause: A Recent Case Considered a Unique and Underappreciated State Constitutional Provision [i] (2023)

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Giving Meaningto Georgia's 'Social Status'

Clause


A recent case  considered  a unique and  underappreciated   state

constitutional provision.

By Anthony Sanders Published: June 6, 2023

Louisiana Georgia


What happens if a state adopts a new constitution but leaves an earlier provision's
language unchanged? Should we view the provision the same or differently the
second time around? What time period do we look to for the original meaning? What
do we do with court cases interpreting the old constitution? Are they still precedent?

These questions loomed in a recent Georgia Supreme Court decision, Session v.
State, which illustrates some of the challenging interpretive issues that come up in

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