Thirty states ban same-sex marriage in their state constitutions, while ten states bar them under state laws.
It was familiar to them as part of English constitutional practice, and was part of many state constitutions.
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Sixteen state Constitutions protect the right to an abortion and an additional five states have laws that do so.
Why is CAIR opposing legislation designed to protect the rights and privileges granted under our U.S. and state constitutions?
Discerning voters know that such governmental rent-seekers must be held in check by strong fiscal restraint within their State Constitutions.
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Both the federal and state constitutions make it clear that you can "never stop someone exclusively on account of race, " he said.
The 22.5-million-strong public sector (that includes retirees) is growing ever larger, and enjoying ever greater wages and benefits often guaranteed by state constitutions.
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Arizona and Florida passed amendments to their state constitutions banning it.
State constitutions typically extend the power to local governments.
Since the 1970s state courts around the country have cited clauses in their state constitutions that guarantee quality education for all students in public schools to try to equalize the spending in poor and higher-income districts.
We will see, starting in New Jersey, if state jurists can move beyond their love of government spending to allow parents to wield the most effective tool available to make those quality education guarantees in state constitutions a reality.
That assertion is laid bare as patently dishonest by reading this important passage from the model American Laws for American Courts legislation: Far from denying religious freedom, American Laws for American Courts expressly champions and protects that liberty guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and by state constitutions adopted pursuant to it.
Particularly in Africa, women leaders would ensure that socio-economic rights, including the right to health, education, social security, and a safe environment, are justifiable and guaranteed in national constitutions - instead of being hidden in the directive principles of state policy chapter of national constitutions, a practice that has been adopted by some African countries.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare the tax cap, as it applies to public schools, null and void because it violates the New York state and U.S. constitutions and to permanently block it from being applied.
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