Thomas v. Bailey

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., RABINOW-ITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice. BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This consolidated appeal concerns the constitutional validity of an initiative which was enacted by the voters as “The Alaska Homestead Act.”1

*2In two different court actions, the initiative was attacked as unconstitutional. After the superior court ruled in both cases that the initiative was invalid,2 the cases came before us on an expedited basis, before the general election at which the initiative could be considered. After hearing argument, we determined that the…