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