Constitutional Law
Dec. 1, 2010
A Modern Constitutional Crisis
Today's lawyers have insufficient training in state constitutional law. By Allen L. Lanstra of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
A constitution is the fundamental law that sets forth the character and conception of a government, lays the basic principles and organization of that government, and prescribes the extent and manner of the exercise of governmental power. The U.S. Constitution is a model for modern civilization in this regard, but it does not stand alone. American constitutional law is binary. It is incomplete without state constitutional law.
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