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The two people chosen by the elector could not both inhabit the same state as that elector. This prohibition was designed to keep electors from voting for two "favorite sons" of their respective states. [2] The person receiving the greatest number of votes, provided that number constituted a majority of the electors, was elected president.
During the American Revolution and its immediate aftermath, the term federal was applied to any person who supported the colonial union and the government formed under the Articles of Confederation. After the war, the group that felt the national government under the Articles was too weak appropriated the name Federalist for themselves ...
Mar. 7—The state Senate will now consider a House bill calling for a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. The state Senate ...
The amendment as proposed by Congress in 1789 and ratified by the states: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be ...
Dec. 1—In 1998, 69 % of Hawaii residents supported a constitutional amendment that marriage should be reserved only for opposite-sex genders. Today same-sex marriages have about 70 % support ...
The Living Constitution, or judicial pragmatism, is the viewpoint that the U.S. constitution holds a dynamic meaning even if the document is not formally amended.The Constitution is said to develop alongside society's needs and provide a more malleable tool for governments.
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter fired back in a court filing Monday after he and Sean "Diddy" Combs were accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards ...
The Ordinance was amended in 1922 to allow a fine of $500 and 6 months in jail to be given to those in violation of the order. In 1940, the Board of Police Commissioners developed what would later become Rule No. 9 by requiring bar owners to get written permission from the Commission in order to host cross-dressing performers. [ 6 ]