Sentences with phrase «early state constitutions»

Many early colonial American settlers thought of the right to bear arms or having state militias as an important right which had many different purposes, many which were specifically written in early state constitutions.

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The vote will come early because the state constitution says that if legislators want to override a veto, they have to do it immediately after they return to session, but it will also mark a quick opportunity for Democrats to highlight the Republican governor's opposition to a policy they're betting voters will favor.

By early 1966, editors had decided the resolution had blown «a hole in the Constitution of the United States big enough to drive an undeclared war through» (February 16, 1966).

Fresno Pacific University president Richard Kriegbaum wrote in early June that the bill «would severely restrict the free and full exercise of religious freedom granted by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.»

Early in 1789 the required nine states had ratified the new Constitution, and George Washington was elected first President.

In a classic article, written as the states of Eastern Europe were recasting their constitutional orders in the early 1990s, Cass Sunstein argued that constitutions should not normally incorporate a right to secede.

ALBANY — The end of session reform package passed by lawmakers early Saturday morning includes a dozen changes to the state's campaign finance system, lobbying law, and constitution.

It reiterates claims made in a report by Antonacci earlier this month that the raises violate the New York State Constitution and the Onondaga County Charter.

New York voters could consider an amendment to the state constitution as early as November that would allow Las Vegas - style casinos beyond tribal land.

In the early 1900's, many American Protestants strongly supported Prohibition, but in order to outlaw alcohol (or anything), the only option Congress had was to wait for the States to amend the Constitution.

On April 26, the New Mexico Secretary of State's office approved the ballot access petitions filed earlier this month for the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the Independent American Party.

Earlier this month, a state supreme court justice quickly dismissed a challenge to Cruz's ballot status brought by two individuals who claim the senator's birth in Canada makes him ineligible to run for president under the Constitution's requirement that anybody serving in this office be a «natural born citizen.»

He explained that since the Ekiti State governor's tenure and his counterpart's in Osun State will expire on 15th October and 26th November 2018 respectively, Section 178 (2) of the country's 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 25 (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) had stipulated that election into the office of governor should be held not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder.

The early decision was to draft a constitution providing for democratic club rule and an extremely anti-patronage policy, with the intention of contesting the party leadership in a race for district leader against incumbant DeSapio — easily the most important Democrat at that time in the state — in the 1957 party primary.

According to earlier testimony, an April 2010 email from Sinnreich to the town said that a municipality guaranteeing a private loan would go against the New York State Constitution.

Pulaski County Chancellor Annabelle Clinton Imber ruled earlier this month that the state does not provide a «general, suitable, and efficient» system for financing its public schools, as mandated by the state constitution.

As early as 1883, the state [p7] constitution was amended to provide for the creation of local school districts empowered to levy ad valorem taxes with the consent of local taxpayers for the «erection... of school buildings» and for the «further maintenance of public free schools.»

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the state's low spending on public education violated the state's constitution.

In 2012, the Louisiana legislature made it more difficult for teachers to receive tenure but a judge ruled earlier this year that the law violates the state constitution.

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David Rivkin, Jr., a partner at Baker & Hostetler and a counsel for the state plaintiffs tomorrow, told the Federalist Society earlier this month that, in addition to eviscerating the Constitution, the CPP would «destroy states» existing energy economy,» thereby forcing them to massively reengineer the power grid at extremely high cost to consumers.

Ten states included provisions protecting the civil jury in their early Constitutions or Bills of Rights.

Earlier in 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that New York's Judiciary Law § 470 requiring out - of - state attorneys to maintain a physical office in New York to legally practice law in the state does not violate the privileges and immunity clause of the Constitution.

An early news update from The Newark Star - Ledger begins, «The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled today that the state Constitution entitles same - sex couples to all the legal benefits of marriage, but by another name.»

Some states had direct appeals of criminal convictions earlier than this but the writ of habeas corpus does precede a direct appeal as a form of relief from a wrongful criminal conviction historically and was the primary means by which one could obtain relief from a criminal conviction in 1789 when the U.S. Constitution, which preserved the right to seek a writ of habeas corpus even before the Bill of Rights added most other new criminal procedure rights under the constitution, Constitution, which preserved the right to seek a writ of habeas corpus even before the Bill of Rights added most other new criminal procedure rights under the constitution, constitution, was adopted.