Legal Opinion
Alaskans for a Common Language, Inc. v. Kritz
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 2, 2007No. S-10590PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION -
CARPENETI, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Alaskans for a Common Language, Inc. appeals from a decision of the superior court that the Official English Initiative, AS 44.12.300-.390, violates speech rights protected by the federal and Alaska Constitutions. We hold that a portion of the statute's principal provision violates constitutionally protected speech. We also hold, however, that this unconstitutional portion of the statute may be severed from the remainder of the principal provision and that the remainder, if given a narrowing construction, is constitutional. We therefore affirm in…
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