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  2. Pennsylvania Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania House of Representatives chamber in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with the portrait Apotheosis of Pennsylvania visible on the far wall of the chamber. The Constitution of Pennsylvania is the supreme law within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All acts of the General Assembly, the governor, and each governmental agency are ...

  3. Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 - Wikipedia

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    The Council of Censors was the only body with the authority to call a convention to amend the constitution. [14] The constitution also established Pennsylvania's official title, the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Three other states (Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Virginia) are presently self-designated as "commonwealths."

  4. List of state partition proposals in the United States

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    1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.

  5. Your guide to Proposition 5: Making it easier to pass local ...

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    The existing supermajority requirement for local bond approval goes back to the series of tax restrictions in California's Constitution inaugurated by the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978.

  6. Local government in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Local municipalities can be governed by statutes, which are enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and are specific to the type and class of municipality; by a home rule municipality, under a home rule charter, adopted by the municipality; or by an optional form of government, adopted by the municipality. [3]

  7. Letters to the Editor: The Constitution isn't destroying ...

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    Readers respond to a letter that blamed the state of American politics on the structural flaws embedded in the Constitution. Letters to the Editor: The Constitution isn't destroying democracy. The ...

  8. Read more:Your guide to Proposition 5: Making it easier to pass local housing, road bonds Biggest opposition The California Business Roundtable has contributed more than $1.5 million in opposition.

  9. Law of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The organic source of state law is the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Although the original Constitution of Pennsylvania was ratified in 1776, more than ten years before the Constitution of the United States, the U.S. Constitution has legal supremacy in matters relating to (or, in pursuance thereof...