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  2. Writ of mandate (California) - Wikipedia

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    The writ of mandate is a type of extraordinary writ in the U.S. state of California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In California, certain writs are used by the superior courts , courts of appeal and the Supreme Court to command lower bodies, including both courts and administrative agencies, to do or not to do certain things.

  3. California Codes - Wikipedia

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    In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil Procedure. New York never enacted Field's proposed civil or political codes, and belatedly enacted his proposed penal and criminal procedure codes only after California, but they were the basis of the codes enacted by California in 1872. [11]

  4. States' rights - Wikipedia

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    This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary ...

  5. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...

  6. Mandate (politics) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the two-party system always results in one party having a majority in government that can be interpreted as a mandate. [11] In the event of a coalition government, there is no single party with a popular mandate, as every party was supported by less than half of voters. [12]

  7. Peremptory writ of mandamus - Wikipedia

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    A peremptory writ of mandamus (also peremptory writ of mandate or simply peremptory mandamus) is an absolute and unqualified writ (a formal written command) to the defendant to do the act in question. It is issued when the defendant defaults on, or fails to show sufficient cause in answer to, an alternative mandamus.

  8. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    United States, the court ruled that due to the 1934 law, evidence the FBI obtained by phone tapping was inadmissible in court. [143] After Katz v. United States (1967) overturned Olmstead, Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control Act, allowing public authorities to tap telephones during investigations, as long as they obtained warrants beforehand.

  9. California - Wikipedia

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    Along with the rest of the United States, California's immigration pattern has also shifted over the course of the late 2000s to early 2010s. [190] Immigration from Latin American countries has dropped significantly with most immigrants now coming from Asia. [191] In total for 2011, there were 277,304 immigrants.