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    The Constitution of the State of Vermont is the fundamental body of law of the U.S. state of Vermont, describing and framing its government. It was adopted...
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    although the Vermont constitution continued to make allowances for the enslavement of men under the age of 21 and women under the age of 18. Many Vermonters...
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    The first Constitution of Vermont was drafted in July 1777, almost five months after Vermont declared itself an independent country, now frequently called...
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    session of the General Assembly, is located in the Vermont State House, also in Montpelier. The Constitution of Vermont details the powers of the governor:...
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    Vermont (/vərˈmɒnt/ vər-MONT) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire...
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    town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As the "Birthplace of Vermont", the town is where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted in 1777, thus...
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    landslide majority of 76.8% of voters. It codified reproductive rights in the Constitution of Vermont. It was signed into the constitution by Republican governor...
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  • smaller parties. Vermont's constitution, which was drafted in 1777 when Vermont became an independent republic, reflects the concerns of a sovereign state;...
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    National Municipal Review. 30 (2): 73–79. doi:10.1002/ncr.4110300204 Vermont General Assembly The Vermont Constitution Government of Vermont portal...
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  • shortest is the Constitution of Vermont, adopted in 1793 and currently 8,295 words long. The longest was Alabama's sixth constitution, ratified in 1901...
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    government of Vermont is a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States. The Constitution of Vermont is the supreme law of the...
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    term "state" in the Constitution of Vermont, but the act of Congress admitting that state to the Union calls it "the State of Vermont." Delaware was primarily...
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    The geologic history of Vermont begins more than 450 million years ago during the Cambrian and Devonian periods. Human history of Native American settlement...
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    magazines has recently been challenged as unconstitutional under Vermont's constitution based upon the right to bear arms (Chapter I, Article 16) and the...
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    Rules of the Vermont Senate, published by Vermont State Senate, 2009 edition, page 4 Vermont Constitution, Chapter 2, Article 19, U.S. Constitution Online...
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  • 3 of the Rhode Island Constitution, the Governor holds the titles of "captain-general" and "Commander-in-Chief". The 1786 Constitution of Vermont, which...
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    The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House...
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    This list of articles and sections of the Vermont Constitution enumerates the contents of the Constitution of Vermont, which is organized into two parts...
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    administered" 2007) The Freemen's Oath was a part of the 1777 Constitution of the Vermont Republic, the first constitution in the Western Hemisphere to grant universal...
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    The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
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    majority, of the vote and polled only 2,434 votes more than Milne out of 193,087 cast. The Constitution of Vermont requires that the 180-member Vermont General...
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  • impeachment in Vermont. The 1777 Constitution of the Vermont Republic gave both the Council of Censors and the Vermont General Assembly the power to impeach...
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  • 11, 2007 Constitution of Vermont – July 4, 1786, The Avalon Project at Yale Law School, retrieved December 11, 2007 Constitution of Vermont – July 9,...
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    The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members...
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  • II, Section 20 of the Constitution of Vermont, 3 VSA §1 and 20 VSA §183. Established by Article V, Section 16 of the Constitution of Virginia. Established...
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    of Vermont in July 1777, and by a further provision in its Constitution, existing male slaves became free at the age of 21 and females at the age of 18...
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  • in Baker v. Vermont that the Constitution of Vermont entitles same-sex couples to "the same benefits and protections afforded by Vermont law to married...
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    did not attain the 50% threshold mandated by the Constitution of Vermont. In such cases the Vermont General Assembly elects the winner. The legislature...
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    The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure...
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