State constitutions have generally not played a substantially important role in defining civil liberties until recently. Why not? What has been the major reason for the change? By what term is the state resurgence in constitutional law known?

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State constitutions have not played an important role in defining civil liberties until recently. This is due to the fact that state and federal courts have looked almost exclusively to the national Constitution to answer questions related to civil liberties, particularly in criminal cases. Additionally, state courts often have a tendency to interpret state constitutional rights as identical to those secured by the national Constitution. Increasingly, this is not the case. During the past two decades, commentators, judges, and attorneys have shown a renewed interest in state constitutional law. This resurgence is known by the term New Federalism.

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