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The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas history (including the Mexican constitution).
The Constitution of Texas is the foundation of the government of Texas and vests the legislative power of the state in the Texas Legislature. The Texas Constitution is subject only to the sovereignty of the people of Texas as well as the Constitution of the United States, although this is disputed. Article I of the Constitution of Texas ...
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Already amended 507 times, the Texas Constitution is one of the longest such documents in the nation.
A Texas law that would authorize police to arrest and detain migrants suspected of illegally crossing the border from Mexico remains on hold as it proceeds through the appellate process.
The structure of the judiciary of Texas is laid out in Article 5 of the Constitution of ... 354 Hunt, Rains: ... Section 1-a, of the Texas Constitution", Section 30. ...
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas was the supreme law of Texas from 1836 to 1845. On March 2, 1836, Texas declared itself an independent republic [ 1 ] because of a lack of support in the United States for the Texas Revolution . [ 2 ]
Briscoe was sworn in for his second term on January 21, 1975. As the Constitution of Texas had been amended in 1972 to extend the governor's term from 2 years to 4 years, Briscoe became the first governor to be sworn in for a four-year term since Edmund J. Davis. Briscoe carried 249 out of 254 counties in his landslide reelection victory.