Comments on: Oregon Measure 78 clarifies: does Oregon have a judicial branch? A judicial department? Both? What does your state have?

By: Civics Lession: Does Oregon Have Three "Branches" of Government? | Oregon Legal Research Blog

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:23:41 +0000

[...] “Oregon Measure 78 clarifies: does Oregon have a judicial branch? A judicial department? Both?… [...]

By: Election 2012: The winners and what their victories portend for 2013/2014 » Gavel to Gavel

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:03:36 +0000

[...] It is not at all clear if there’s any interest in going back in for another clean-up bill and as I noted earlier in the election cycle it’s not at all unusual for state constitutions to refer to the judiciary as a [...]

By: Bill Raftery

Bill Raftery — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:07:19 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Betsy. As you note, Measure 78 does also make some additional changes to the Oregon state constitution with respect to gender neutral language, plus spelling and grammar. However, because Gavel to Gavel examines legislation affecting the courts, I only focused on the judicial department/branch portions of the Measure.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:11:07 +0000

Nice explanation of the wording changes, thank you. Unfortunately I don’t see any mention of the changes to “gender-neutral” language which will be implemented also, could you make an update?