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This noted that under California's state constitution a stronger protection applies than under the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment; the former prohibits punishments that are "cruel or unusual", while the latter only prohibits punishments that are "cruel and unusual". The constitution also confers upon women equality of rights in "entering ...
Constitution of the State of New Hampshire: June 5, 1793 [4] 13,238 [note 6] 3rd: Constitution of the State of New Jersey: January 1, 1948: 26,360: 1st: Constitution of the State of New Mexico: January 6, 1912: 33,198: 4th: Constitution of the State of New York: January 1, 1895: 49,360 [note 7] 3rd: Constitution of the State of North Carolina ...
Title 50 of the United States Code outlines the role of War and National Defense in the United States Code. Chapter 1: Council of National Defense; Chapter 2: Board of Ordnance and Fortification (repealed) Chapter 3: Alien Enemies; Chapter 4: Espionage (repealed/transferred)
The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes, which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Codes. State agencies promulgate regulations with the California Regulatory Notice Register, which are in turn codified in the California Code of Regulations.
California voters will decide in November whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude from the state constitution under a proposal the state Legislature approved Thursday. The ...
The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a "fundamental right to marry" and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
In 1964, white Californians overwhelmingly voted to make segregation a part of the state's Constitution with the passage of Prop 14. In 1964, white Californians overwhelmingly voted to make ...
Colton Hall in Monterey, site of the 1849 Constitutional Convention. The Monterey Convention of 1849 was the first California Constitutional Convention to take place. [1] [8] [9] Bvt. Brig. Gen. Bennett C. Riley, ex officio Governor of California, issued a proclamation on June 3, 1849 calling for a convention and a special election on August 1 where delegates to the convention would be elected.