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At the time, the Rhode Island constitution was the old royal charter established in the 17th century. By the 1840s, only 40% of the state's free white males were enfranchised. An attempt to hold a popular convention to write a new constitution was declared insurrection by the charter government, and the convention leaders were arrested.
The State List is a list of 61 (originally 66) subjects in the Schedule Seven to the Constitution of India. The respective state governments have exclusive power to legislate on matters relating to these items. [3] This list is divided into legislative/general part (entries 1 to 45) and taxation part (entries 46 to 63). [4]
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [ 3 ] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789.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.
Guarantee Clause. The Guarantee Clause, also known as the Republican Form of Government Clause, is in Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution. It requires the United States to guarantee every state a republican form of government and provide protection from foreign invasion and domestic violence.
Schedule 4. Schedule 4 or Schedule IV may refer to: Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of India, providing for the number of Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian parliament) seats to each state. Schedule IV Controlled Substances within the US Controlled Substances Act ( List)
Article II of the United States Constitution gives the president the power of clemency. The two most commonly used clemency powers are those of pardon and commutation. A pardon is an official forgiveness for an acknowledged crime. Once a pardon is issued, all punishment for the crime is waived.
The Eighth schedule of the Constitution defined 14 languages in 1950. [4] These included Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. [5] In 1967, 21st amendment to the constitution added Sindhi as one of the languages in the
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...