Nebraska Amendment 16, Supreme Court Agreement Amendment (September 1920)

Nebraska Amendment 16
Election date September 21, 1920
Topic State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nebraska Amendment 16 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on September 21, 1920. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring the concurrence of five Supreme Court judges to declare laws unconstitutional.

A "no" vote opposed requiring the concurrence of five Supreme Court judges to declare laws unconstitutional.

Election results

Nebraska Amendment 16
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		65,142	83.96%
No		12,444	16.04%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 16 was as follows:

“

To add Section 2a to Article VI, following Section 2.—Requires concurrence of five Judges of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nebraska Constitution

A 60% supermajority vote is required during one legislative session for the Nebraska State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 30 votes in the unicameral legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval. However, the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure must be greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election. This also applies to citizen initiatives.

See also

1920 Measures

• 1920 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 1920 legislative sessions

Nebraska

• Nebraska ballot measures
• Nebraska ballot measure laws

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External links

• List of Nebraska ballot measures, 1882-2012