My Country – When Oregon Adopted Initiatives and Referendum On June 2, 1902, Oregon amended its Constitution to allow for the initiative and referendum process. It gave people the power to propose and enact laws independently of the legislature. In addition, it could reject laws that the legislature enacted. By 1954, Justice Douglas writes that …
My Country – Bigamy Groucho: “Well whadaya say girls? Are we all gonna get married?” Woman: “All of us? But that’s bigamy!” Groucho: “Yes, and it’s big-a-me too.” The Constitution forbids Congress and, through the Fourteenth Amendment, the States from prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Unlike how the free exercise clause did not get …
My Country – Walter M. Pierce Walter M. Pierce served as the 17th Governor of Oregon. Justice Douglas called Pierce a stormy influence in Oregon’s affairs. Governorship Although he rooted his 1922 run for governor in issues of public power, passing a state income tax, and reforestation, Pierce revealed his life-long nativism. He supported the Ku …