The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the fundamental governing document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 individual...

in the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts, which called for the position of a "supreme executive magistrate". Governors of Massachusetts are elected every...

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on...

John Adams, author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower...

second draft of what became the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution; unlike the word "state", the word "commonwealth" had the connotation of a republic at...

A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other...

recodification of the Constitution of the State of Maine. The Constitution of Massachusetts is currently the world's oldest written constitution that is still...

registered voters on nomination papers Be a member of the Massachusetts Bar When the 1780 state constitution was first enacted, the attorney general was appointed...

The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure...

Constellation, and Constitution. Constitution's launching ceremony on 20 September 1797 was attended by President John Adams and Massachusetts Governor Increase...

the Governor of Massachusetts. The constitutional honorific title for the office is His, or Her, Honor. The Massachusetts Constitution provides that...

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 It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...

the Governor of Massachusetts. Councillors are elected by the general public and their duties are set forth in the Massachusetts Constitution. The Governor's...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral...

was unconstitutional under the Constitution of Massachusetts to allow only opposite-sex couples to marry. Massachusetts was the sixth jurisdiction in the...

The General Laws of Massachusetts form the general statutory law. The Constitution of Massachusetts is the foremost source of state law. Legislation...

interpretation of the principles and intents of the United States Constitution. The party platform is based on originalist interpretations of the Constitution and...

armed, another with the militia. The Massachusetts convention also ratified the Constitution with an attached list of proposed amendments. In the end, the...

unconstitutional under the Constitution of Massachusetts for the state to abridge marriage on the basis of sex. From 2004 through to 2015, as the tide of public opinion...

of the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780. Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company Mayflower Compact Massachusetts Body of Liberties Constitution...

Massachusetts, and New York) successfully proposed that their state conventions both ratify the Constitution and call for the addition of a bill of rights...

as a major general of the Massachusetts militia. Hancock became the first governor elected under the Constitution of Massachusetts, ratified only the...

The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and...

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America...

to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780, where he successfully advocated for adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts. In May...

by others. An early official mention of Harvard as "the University" is found in the Massachusetts Constitution, first submitted on October 28, 1779,...

1780 Constitution of Massachusetts. Her suit, Brom and Bett v. Ashley (1781), was cited in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appellate review of Quock...

creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the...

whole of Scotland. In Massachusetts, towns elected publicly funded parish churches from 1780 until 1834, under the Constitution of Massachusetts. Toward...

Adams was the primary author of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which influenced the United States Constitution, as did his essay Thoughts on...