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  2. Three-tier system (alcohol distribution) - Wikipedia

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    The only substantial exception to the three-tier system is the State of Washington. [4] In November 2011, voters in Washington approved Initiative 1183, which dismantled the state-operated retailing system and removed the legal requirement for a three-tier distribution system for alcoholic beverage sales.

  3. Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act - Wikipedia

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    The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act [1] is a federal statute that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. The Walsh Act organizes sex offenders into three tiers according to the crime committed, and mandates that Tier 3 offenders (the most serious tier) update their whereabouts every three months with lifetime registration requirements.

  4. Law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Constitution of the United States The United States Congress enacts federal statutes in accordance with the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal ...

  5. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.

  6. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of the political system of the United States. The full name of the republic is the "United States of America". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which the nation is a party. The terms "Government of the United States of America" or "United States ...

  7. Judiciary of Texas - Wikipedia

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    As late as the 1870s, about a decade after the American Civil War, there was no functioning legal system in West Texas. [3] The poor quality of the state's judicial system has been attributed to the state's shortage of proper law schools and law libraries in that era, as well as the traditional preference of Texans for "' self-help ' justice as ...

  8. Federal tribunals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Article III courts (also called Article III tribunals) are the U.S. Supreme Court and the inferior courts of the United States established by Congress, which currently are the 13 United States courts of appeals, the 91 United States district courts (including the districts of D.C. and Puerto Rico, but excluding the territorial district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the ...

  9. Tripartite classification of authority - Wikipedia

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    rational-legal authority (modern law and state, bureaucracy). These three types are ideal types and rarely appear in their pure form. According to Weber, authority (as distinct from power (German: Macht)) is power accepted as legitimate by those subjected to it. The three forms of authority are said to appear in a "hierarchical development order".