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

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    "A judge shall accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person's lawyer, the right to be heard according to law" [4] California: Constitution Art 1 § 3 "The people have the right to...petition government for redress of grievances" [1] California: Rules of Civil Procedure Rule Rule 1290

  3. List of state partition proposals in the United States

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    1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.

  4. DeRolph v. State - Wikipedia

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    Held at the Perry County Courthouse in New Lexington, [11] the case produced a 30-day trial, a transcript more than 5,600 pages long and 450 exhibits before the trial judge, Linton D. Lewis, Jr., ruled on July 1, 1994 that Ohioans had a fundamental right to a state-funded education and that the state’s system for providing that education was ...

  5. Partition and secession in California - Wikipedia

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    There are 58 counties of California currently.. California, the most populous state in the United States and third largest in area after Alaska and Texas, has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the Union in 1850, [1] including at least 27 significant proposals prior to the 21st century.

  6. List of U.S. county secession proposals - Wikipedia

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    While laws making it easier to form new counties have passed since then, this split has not occurred. [38] Nye is the largest county in Nevada and the third largest in the entire U.S., although over 90% is federal land. Bullfrog County was formed by the state legislature in 1987 to gain contraol of Yucca Mountain. It was disincorporated when ...

  7. California ballot proposition - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] If the proposition passes, it becomes a part of the state constitution (if it is a proposed amendment) or the state's statutes (if it is a proposed statute), in the latter case having the same legal effect as if it had been passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor. [citation needed]

  8. Oaths and pledges have been routine for political officials ...

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    The resignation letter was short and direct. “I can no longer be under an oath to uphold the New Constitution of Ohio," wrote Sabrina Warner in her letter announcing she was stepping down from ...

  9. Partition (law) - Wikipedia

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    The UPHPA restructures the way partition sales occur in states that adopt the act, and generally includes three major reforms to partition law: [9] If a co-owner brings a partition action in court, the court must provide an opportunity to the other co-owners to buy out the co-owner who brought the action.