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This resolution requests an advisory opinion from the New Hampshire Supreme Court Justices regarding the interpretation and scope of several constitutional articles related to legislative and judicial powers. Specifically, the resolution poses eleven detailed questions about the extent of the legislature's authority under Part II, Article 4, and its relationship to the judicial power established in Articles 72-a and 73-a. The questions seek clarification on whether the legislature retains broad lawmaking powers, can establish special tribunals, handle individual petitions for redress, and create laws affecting court administration and structure. The resolution explores the potential limitations on legislative power introduced by the 1966 constitutional amendment vesting judicial power in the courts, and whether this amendment fundamentally changed the historical practice of legislative involvement in certain judicial-like functions. Additionally, the resolution questions whether the ballot language used to introduce the 1966 amendment accurately represented its full constitutional implications. The document requests that the Supreme Court Justices provide a comprehensive legal opinion addressing these complex constitutional interpretation issues, reflecting an effort to clarify the precise boundaries between legislative and judicial powers in New Hampshire's constitutional framework.

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