What is the test for a constitutional amendment in the context of the meaning of the word 'sensationalism'?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from City of New York v. State, 306 N.Y.S.2d 131, 61 Misc.2d 517 (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 1969):

'A constitutional provision, like a statute, should not be so construed as to work a public mischief, unless the language used is of such explicit and unequivocal import as to leave no other course open to the court, and, when the intent of the lawmakers is ascertained, that must prevail over the letter of the law. (Smith v. People, 47 N.Y. 330;

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