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  2. Contract Clause - Wikipedia

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    Common good constitutionalism. v. t. e. Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the Contract Clause, imposes certain prohibitions on the states. These prohibitions are meant to protect individuals from intrusion by state governments and to keep the states from intruding on the enumerated powers of the U.S ...

  3. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    [T]he provisions of the Amendment are to be construed with this fundamental purpose in mind. [13] Section 1 has been the most frequently litigated part of the amendment, [14] and this amendment in turn has been the most frequently litigated part of the Constitution. [15] [16] The primary author of the Fourteenth Amendment's first section was ...

  4. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - Wikipedia

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    The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (also called the Exchange Act, ' 34 Act, or 1934 Act) (Pub. L. 73–291, 48 Stat. 881, enacted June 6, 1934, codified at 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq.) is a law governing the secondary trading of securities (stocks, bonds, and debentures) in the United States of America. [1]

  5. Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act

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    This Section applies to the proxy and caching servers used by ISPs and many other providers. If the cached material is made available to end users, the system provider must follow the Section 512(c) takedown and put back provisions. Note that this provision only applies to cached material originated by a third party, not by the provider itself.

  6. SEC Rule 10b-5 - Wikipedia

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    SEC Rule 10b-5, codified at 17 CFR 240.10b-5, is one of the most important rules targeting securities fraud in the United States. It was promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), pursuant to its authority granted under § 10 (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. [1] The rule prohibits any act or omission resulting ...

  7. List of jurisdictions subject to the special provisions of ...

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    The coverage formula, contained in Section 4(b) of the Act, determines which states are subject to preclearance. As enacted in 1965, the first element in the formula was whether, on November 1, 1964, the state or a political subdivision of the state maintained a "test or device" restricting the opportunity to register and vote.

  8. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act - Wikipedia

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    The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 104–67 (text), 109 Stat. 737 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 U.S.C.) ("PSLRA") implemented several substantive changes in the United States that have affected certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability ...

  9. Citizenship Clause - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 June 2024. First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and ...