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  2. State law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.

  3. Conflict of laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal Constitution created a "plurilegal federal union" in which there are four types of conflicts between different legal systems: federal vs. state, federal vs. foreign, state vs. state, and state vs. foreign. [1]

  4. States' rights - Wikipedia

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    During the 1950s and 1960s, the civil rights movement was confronted by the proponents in the Southern states of racial segregation and Jim Crow laws who denounced federal interference in these state-level laws as an assault on states' rights. Though Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overruled the Plessy v.

  5. State constitutions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Guarantee Clause of Article 4 of the Constitution states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." These two provisions indicate states did not surrender their wide latitude to adopt a constitution, the fundamental documents of state law, when the U.S. Constitution was adopted.

  6. How are annuities regulated? Federal and state laws explained

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    State governments are the primary regulators of annuities. Not all financial products are created — or regulated — equally. Stocks and mutual funds fall under federal securities laws, while ...

  7. List of sources of law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    United States law; List of legal abbreviations; Legal research; Legal research in the United States; For more information on official, unofficial, and authenticated online state laws and regulations, see Matthews & Baish, State-by-State Authentication of Online Legal Resources, American Association of Law Libraries, 2007.

  8. States are using their own laws in climate change lawsuits ...

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    When paired with the Court’s 2011 AEP vs. Connecticut unanimous ruling where it declared “borrowing the law of a particular State would be inappropriate,” there is no room for state court ...

  9. Comparison of U.S. state and territory governments - Wikipedia

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    State Notes Alabama The Alabama State Senate allows a filibuster, and has a general three-fifths requirement to enact cloture. A simple majority of 18 is acceptable when dealing with the budget and redistricting. [6] Arkansas Arkansas, along with Rhode Island, is one of the only states that requires a supermajority to pass a budget.