The constitutional law of the United States is the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution. The...
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In United States constitutional law, the police power is the capacity of the states and the federal government to regulate behavior and enforce order within...
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arrest of an individual without sufficient cause. In most nations, such as the United States, India, and Singapore, constitutional law is based on the text...
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Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit certain disproportionate sentences. Further, the Cruel and Unusual...
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amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution...
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union of states. Constitutional rights may be expressly stipulated in a national constitution, or they may be inferred from the language of a national...
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The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia...
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The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which...
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Supremacy Clause (redirect from Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution)
The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it...
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William B. (2002). "Hate Speech in the Constitutional Law of the United States". The American Journal of Comparative Law. 50: 463–492. doi:10.2307/840886...
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The United Kingdom constitutional law concerns the governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. With the oldest continuous...
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source of rights claims." United States v. Rhodes (1866), one of the first Thirteenth Amendment cases, tested the constitutionality of provisions in the Civil...
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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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The Constitutional Union Party was a United States political party active during the 1860 elections. It consisted of conservative former Whigs, largely...
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constitutional law) is derived from the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, which states that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution...
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United States obscenity law deals with the regulation or suppression of what is considered obscenity and therefore not protected speech or expression...
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The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower...
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The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...
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related to Constitutional Convention (United States). Notes of debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison Constitutional Convention...
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In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is modulated by a variety of state and federal statutes. These laws generally regulate the manufacture...
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Freedom of movement under United States law is governed primarily by the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution which states, "The...
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United States is governed by the United States Constitution and by federal and state laws. Several constitutional amendments (the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and...
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the United States, federalism is the constitutional division of power between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States....
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United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically...
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contradicts or violates the provisions of existing law, a State Constitution, or ultimately the United States Constitution. While the U.S. Constitution does...
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As of 2020[update], more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers have been serving in the United States. About 137,000 of those officers work for federal...
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participated in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which drafted the Constitution. Some U.S. states did not observe a strict separation of powers in the 18th...
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In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote...
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The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect...
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In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
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