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  2. Police power (United States constitutional law) - Wikipedia

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    The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...

  3. Municipal annexation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Strip annexation was widely used by the municipalities of the Phoenix metropolitan area during the 1970s to preemptively gain control of large areas of land before other municipalities, without having to annex more than a thin strip surrounding a large so-called county island. The strip protected the county island from being annexed by other ...

  4. List of U.S. state constitutional provisions allowing self ...

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    Illinois: Const. art 1 § 12 "Every person shall find a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries and wrongs which he receives to his person, privacy, property or reputation. He shall obtain justice by law, freely, completely, and promptly." [1] Illinois: ILLINOIS CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT Canon III a 7 [19] Indiana: Const. art 1 § 12

  5. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state-level action.

  6. Missouri House approves putting St. Louis police back under ...

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    The police would be controlled by a state board of commissioners, which would be nearly identical to the one that controls the Kansas City Police Department.

  7. List of boundary cases of the United States Supreme Court

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    Illinois v. Missouri, 399 U.S. 146 (1970), was a per curiam decision determining a boundary line between the states of Illinois and Missouri. The case specifically assigned ownership of several islands in the Mississippi River. The court referred the case to a special master who filed a report, which was adopted by the court, decreeing that:

  8. Supreme Court says Missouri can’t bar local police from ...

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    The Supreme Court declined to revive a controversial Missouri law on Friday that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce federal gun regulations.

  9. ‘Massive’ rent hike frustrates Plaza residents. Missouri law ...

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    A Missouri law prohibits cities from enacting rent control provisions. “These are crises that can be controlled, but the legislature won’t allow it,” a housing advocate said.