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  2. State constitutions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the current constitutions of the states in the United States. Each entry shows the ordinal number of the current constitution, the official name of the current constitution, the date on which the current constitution took effect, and the estimated length of the current constitution.

  3. Rechtsstaat - Wikipedia

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    The state is based on the supremacy of national constitution and guarantees the safety and constitutional rights of its citizens Civil society is an equal partner to the state Separation of powers , with the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of government limiting one another's power and providing for checks and balances

  4. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Reading of the United States Constitution of 1787. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.

  5. Constitutional law - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in federal countries such as the United States and Canada, the relationship between the central government ...

  6. Category:Constitutional state types - Wikipedia

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    This category is for notions used to classify states, in the widest sense of the term, e.g. sovereign or dependent, and even equivalent territories with a specific status in international law which may not include statehood, and their constitutional regimes, again in the widest sense, both internally (see subCategory:Forms of government)

  7. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, a proposal to include the phrase "new States shall be admitted on the same terms with the original States" in the new states clause was defeated. That proposal would have taken the policy articulated in the Ordinance of 1784 and made it a constitutional imperative.

  8. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The constitutional law of the United States is the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution.The subject concerns the scope of power of the United States federal government compared to the individual states and the fundamental rights of individuals.

  9. States' rights - Wikipedia

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    The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution states: 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 ...