Scott Kohlhaas, Appellant v. State of Alaska, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for the State, holding that the lieutenant governor properly refused to certify Kohlhaas's revised secession initiative. The initiative was impermissible because it either sought the clearly unconstitutional end of secession or proposed constitutional change, which cannot be pursued through Alaska's initiative process. The court did not decide whether the measure proposed a constitutional amendment or revision, or whether it was merely advisory.