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BILL OF RIGHTS. That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Sec. 1. FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE.
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS. That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Sec. 1. FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE.
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of the State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Sec. 1. FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE.
Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Sec. 1. FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE. Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and
The Texas Constitution establishes the structure and purpose of the Texas government. It is organized by articles. The first article sets out a bill of rights. The following articles establish the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.
The official title of Article I is "Bill of Rights." It is commonly referred to by both the courts and commentators as the Texas Bill of Rights. It begins: "That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare."
Article 1 - BILL OF RIGHTS Sec. 1 - FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE. Sec. 2 - INHERENT POLITICAL POWER; REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Sec. 3 - EQUAL RIGHTS. Sec. 3a - EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW. Sec. 4 - RELIGIOUS TESTS.
Every Texas constitution has contained a bill of rights. A 17-section Declara-tion of Rights appended to the Constitution of 1836 sets forth most of the guarantees found in the present bill.
Article 1 of the Texas Constitution is entitled the "Bill of Rights" and consists of 34 sections. The article originally contained 29 sections; since 1876, five sections have been added.
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS. Sec. 3. EQUAL RIGHTS. All freemen†, when they form a social compact, have equal rights, and no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusive separate public emoluments, or privileges, but in consideration of public services.