Limits v. President of the Senate

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that the “separation of powers principles . . . call for the judiciary to refrain from intruding into the power and function of another branch of government”
• denying mandamus relief to compel the state legislature's action on a proposed constitutional amendment
• denying mandamus relief to compel the state legislature’s action on a proposed constitutional amendment
• “a judicial remedy is not available whenever a joint session fails to perform a duty that the Constitution assigns to it”
• “Just as a judicial order directing the joint session to act is not appropriate, declaratory relief is not available to the plaintiffs as a remedy”
• “When the purpose of art. 48 has been frustrated, the only remedy may come from the influence of public opinion, expressed ultimately at the ballot box”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).