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The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas history (including the Mexican constitution).
The citizens of Texas approved an annexation ordinance and a new constitution on October 13. [citation needed] On December 29, 1845, the United States admitted the State of Texas to the Union (Joint Resolution for the admission of the state of Texas into the Union, Joint Resolution 1, enacted December 29, 1845, 9 Stat. 108).
The Preamble has been used to confirm that the Constitution was made for, and is binding only in, the United States of America. [63] For example, in Casement v. Squier, [64] a serviceman in China during World War II was convicted of murder in the United States Court for China.
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The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and was formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text.
While Texas cities were solidly Republican by the 1990s — and while it was a solidly Republican state presidentially after 1980 and in terms of the statewide executive after 1994 — the state ...
The U.S. and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building, in Austin, Texas, on July 12, 2021.
The committee's first proposal was a near-verbatim copy of the preamble to the United States Constitution and included a statement that Texas was now a "sovereign state". [39] Delegates voted against this draft and insisted that the committee membership be changed.