The Louisiana Constitution is legally named the Constitution of the State of Louisiana and commonly called the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and the...

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

Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the attorney general is elected statewide for a four-year term and is the chief legal officer of the state. Additionally...

governor of Louisiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Louisiana's state government...

judiciary of Louisiana is defined under the constitution and law of Louisiana and comprises the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal...

chief of the Louisiana National Guard. Republican Jeff Landry has held the office since January 8, 2024. Louisiana ratified its first constitution in 1812...

types of cases. The post-Reconstruction Constitution of 1879 substantially modified the organization of the Louisiana judiciary. The Constitution created...

Law in the state of Louisiana is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States. Private law—that is...

The Louisiana Democratic Party (French: Parti démocrate de Louisiane, Spanish: Partido Demócrata de Luisiana) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party...

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States...

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 It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...

III, §4, of the Louisiana Constitution. In 2007, some legislators had served their maximum terms and could not run again, being "termed out of office"...

21 of the 1921 Constitution of the State of Louisiana. It succeeded the Railroad Commission of Louisiana that was created by the 1898 Constitution. The...

Louisiana French (Louisiana French: français de la Louisiane; Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn) is an umbrella term for the dialects and varieties...

presided over the Louisiana Senate from 1845 until the adoption of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.[citation needed] Under the new constitution, the lieutenant...

head of the Louisiana Department of State. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution. The current secretary of state...

from Louisiana since 2017. A Republican, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue...

re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates...

to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually considered one of the most consequential...

The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. It replaced...

March 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. E.g., Constitution of Louisiana, 1974, Art. VII, Sec. 6(B). "Nevada Gaming Control Board : Home"...

State Legislature". The Constitution of Louisiana vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and...

2008, the party was the California affiliate of the national Constitution Party. Its exit from the Constitution Party led to a leadership dispute during the...

of Louisiana is defined under the Constitution and law of Louisiana and is composed of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal...

governor-elect André B. Roman. In the Louisiana Constitution of 1846, the lieutenant governor of Louisiana assumed the functions of the senate presidency. This...

regions of France and are thus not a part of this list. While not de jure official, the U.S. states of Louisiana and Maine recognize the usage of French...

of 1994. Established by Sections 84, 85 and 87 of the Kentucky Constitution. Established by Article IV, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana....

also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the U.S. state of Louisiana and surrounding...

By 1962, the constitution had grown to 75,000 words, which at that time was longer than any other state constitution but Louisiana's. That year, the...

Louisiana House of Representatives was established, along with its functions and authority, in Article III, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution....