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  2. List of enacting clauses - Wikipedia

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    If the President approves the bill, a different copy of the act is prepared by the Presidency of the Republic, with the official number of the Law and the date of enactment of the law, and also with the replacement of the clause "The National Congress decrees:" with the above mentioned formula "THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC: I make it known ...

  3. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cases under international maritime law and conflicting land grants of different states come under federal courts. Cases between U.S. citizens in different states, and cases between U.S. citizens and foreign states and their citizens, come under federal jurisdiction. The trials will be in the state where the crime was committed. [123]

  4. Consent of the governed - Wikipedia

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    "Consent of the governed" is a phrase found in the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson.. Using thinking similar to that of John Locke, the founders of the United States believed in a state built upon the consent of "free and equal" citizens; a state otherwise conceived would lack legitimacy and rational-legal authority.

  5. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The law of South Dakota prohibits sex offenders from circulating petitions, carrying a maximum potential sentence of one year in jail and a $2,000 fine. [20] Circulation of a petition by a prisoner in Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a prohibited act under 28 CFR 541.3, [21] [22] and is punishable by solitary confinement.

  6. Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence

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    This bill, known as the Administration of Justice Act, provided that in case any person indicted for murder in that province, or any other capital offense, or an indictment for riot, the resistance of the magistrate, or impeding the revenue laws in the smallest degree, he might, at the option of the Governor, or, in his absence, of the ...

  7. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The act of declaring independence was considered important, whereas the text announcing that act attracted little attention. [129] [22]: 160 The Declaration was rarely mentioned during the debates about the United States Constitution, and its language was not incorporated into that document.

  8. Entry into force - Wikipedia

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    By means of an explicit commencement date (and sometimes time of day) written into the act itself. It is possible for different sections of an act to come into force at different dates or times. As a result of a commencement order. Usually, an Act or part of an Act may only be brought into force by a commencement order if explicit provision is ...

  9. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.