Hawke v. Smith
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hawke-v-smith-317-4712020
title:
Hawke v. Smith
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Hawke v. Smith, 253 U.S. 221 (1920), was a United States Supreme Court case coming out of the state of Ohio. It challenged the constitutionality of a provision in the state constitution allowing the state legislature's ratification of federal constitutional amendments to be challenged by a petition signed by six percent of Ohio voters. This would then bring the issue to referendum. In the case of Ohio and the 18th Amendment, the legislature ratified the amendment and, before the ninety-day waiti
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1920 United States Supreme Court case
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