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  2. Second Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The Second Bill of Rights or Bill of Economic Rights was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 11, 1944. [1] In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognise and should now implement a "Second bill of rights ".

  3. Right of initiative (legislative) - Wikipedia

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    The executive must always exercise its right of initiative in the House (according to Belgian separation of powers, the executive also [clarification needed] has the right of initiative). If the Senate or the House exercises its right of initiative, it is referred to as a law proposal (wetsvoorstel in Dutch, proposition de loi in French).

  4. Primary and secondary legislation - Wikipedia

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    In Australian law, primary legislation includes acts of the Commonwealth Parliament and state or territory parliaments.Secondary legislation, formally called legislative instruments, are regulations made according to law by the executive or judiciary or other specified bodies which have the effect of law. [3]

  5. Single-subject rule - Wikipedia

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    The single-subject rule is a rule in the constitutional law of some jurisdictions that stipulates that some or all types of legislation may deal with only one main issue. One purpose is to avoid complexity in acts, to avoid any hidden provisions that legislators or voters may miss when reading the proposed law.

  6. Policy - Wikipedia

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    Policy addresses the intent of the organization, whether government, business, professional, or voluntary. Policy is intended to affect the "real" world, by guiding the decisions that are made. Whether they are formally written or not, most organizations have identified policies. [4] Policies may be classified in many different ways.

  7. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Second Amendment states that “a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,”. [68] It has been one of the most controversial rights in the Bill of Rights-notable cases consist of United States v. Miller (1934), Printz v.

  8. United States administrative law - Wikipedia

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    A rule in turn is "the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy." The primary administrative law statutes and other laws that govern agency rule making include: [3] The Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 and 553

  9. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The question of a collective right versus an individual right was progressively resolved in favor of the individual rights model, beginning with the Fifth Circuit ruling in United States v. Emerson (2001), along with the Supreme Court's rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), and McDonald v. Chicago (2010).