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  2. Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The 72nd Congress proposed the Twentieth Amendment on March 2, 1932, and the amendment was ratified by the following states. [7] The Amendment was adopted on January 23, 1933, after 36 states, being three-fourths of the then-existing 48 states, ratified the Amendment.

  3. Constitution of California - Wikipedia

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    Robins, in which "free speech" rights beyond those addressed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution were found in the California Constitution by the California courts. [3] One of California's most significant prohibitions is against "cruel or unusual punishment," a stronger prohibition than the U.S. Constitution's Eighth ...

  4. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.

  5. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US - AOL

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    1866 – The 14th Amendment is passed by Congress, ... 1969 – California adopts the nation's first "no fault" divorce law, allowing divorce by mutual consent.

  6. California ballot proposition - Wikipedia

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    California Senate Bill 202, passed in 2011, mandated that initiatives and optional referendums can appear only on the November general election ballot, a statute that was controversial at the time, being seen as a self-serving, single-party initiative; [3] the November general election rule for initiatives and optional referendums has ...

  7. List of California ballot propositions - Wikipedia

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    Passed: Legalizing medical marijuana under California law. Proposition 218 (1996) Passed: Right to vote on local taxes; assessment and property-related fee reforms; initiative power expansion in regard to local revenue reduction or repeal. Constitutional follow-up to Proposition 13 (1978). Proposition 22 (2000) Passed, then declared ...

  8. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    The first "Restroom Equity" Act in the United States is passed in California in 1989. [278] It was introduced by then-Senator Arthur Torres after several long waits for his wife to return from the bathroom. [278] 1990. District of Columbia: In re A.C., 573 A.2d 1235 (1990), was a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case.

  9. A Harris-Newsom presidential ticket? There’s one big legal ...

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    Democrats have relied heavily on California’s 54 electoral votes in presidential elections for decades. The last time a Republican presidential candidate won in California was in 1988, when ...