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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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 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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In the trial, two same-sex couples argue that the state ban violates equal protection rights under the United States Constitution.

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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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Past the Constitution State, two California spots Sunnyvale and Santa Clara and two in Virginia Arlington and Alexandria also contain large concentrations of wealth.

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The amendment to the state constitution would prohibit the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, skin color, ethnicity or national origin.

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Since the usury cap was an amendment to the state's constitution, only a statewide referendum or federal legislation, which would override the state's constitution, can abolish it.

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