Thomas R. Dew wrote a whole book in the wake of the state of Virginia's debates in 1832 over whether to re-write its constitution.

托马斯·德夫在1832年弗吉尼亚关于是否要重新制定宪法的辩论之后写了一本书。

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, prohibits state governments from denying citizens the "equal protection of the laws".

1868年批准的《美国宪法第十四修正案》禁止州政府剥夺公民享有“法律平等保护”的权利。

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The state’s constitution demands that the state “cherish” its public schools.

州法规要求本州要“爱护”公立学校。

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Fifty-two percent of California voters amended the state constitution in November of two thousand eight.

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Suppose we were trying to decide on a constitution for the world in that state.

比如我们会讨论决定,这个世界的结构体制。

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Most Greek states, just as they never moved beyond the hoplite style of fighting, never go beyond the oligarchical style of constitution which gives only hoplites political rights in the state.

大多数希腊城邦,从未超越过步兵方阵的作战方式,也从未超越过寡头统治的政体,只有在这样的政体下,步兵才有政治权利

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The state constitution has an amendment carving out public employee pension benefits from diminishment.

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But California voters in November approved Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to ban gay marriage.

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Its supporters argued that Californians long have had the right to change their state constitution through ballot initiatives.

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