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California v. Texas , 593 U.S. 659 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that dealt with the constitutionality of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), colloquially known as Obamacare. It was the third such challenge to the ACA seen by the Supreme Court since its enactment.
v. t. e. Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process, to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership, and to require a 2/3 majority for tax increases in ...
Abortion in California is legal up to the point of fetal viability. An abortion ban was in place by 1900, and by 1950, it was a criminal offense for a woman to have an abortion. In 1962, the American Law Institute published their model penal code, as it applied to abortions, with three circumstances where they believed a physician could ...
California Constitution - Article I. Declaration of rights. Section 7.5. - Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. (Removed by voters in 2024) [4] Section 7.5. (a) The right to marry is a fundamental right. (b) This section is in furtherance of both of the following:
In California, these concerns manifested as the California Consumer Protection Act somewhat modeled on the EU’s GDPR. [ 11 ] The CCPA’s initial drafting and placement on the 2018 ballot was led by Alastair Mactaggart. [ 12 ]
t. e. Proposition 16 was a failed California ballot proposition that appeared on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot, asking California voters to amend the Constitution of California to repeal Proposition 209 (1996). [2][3] Proposition 209 amended the state constitution to prohibit government institutions from considering race, sex ...
The Constitution of California (Spanish: Constitución de California) is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of California, describing the duties, powers, structures and functions of the government of California. California's constitution was drafted in both English and Spanish by American pioneers, European settlers, and Californios ...
President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on December 13, 2022, and he and Vice President Harris gave their opinion of the Act in a speech prior to signing the bill. The speeches from Vice President Harris and President Biden highlighted other parts of the history of same-sex marriage, such as the movement against Proposition 8 .