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Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state-level action.
Iowa reverses their rule allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote. [59] Texas passes one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country, but it is blocked by the courts. [30] 2013. Supreme Court ruled in the 5–4 Shelby County v. Holder decision that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Section 4(b ...
Fourth Amendment prohibits warrantless entry into a home to effect a routine felony arrest Owen v. City of Independence: 445 U.S. 622 (1980) Municipal liability under the Civil Rights Act Mobile v. Bolden: 446 U.S. 55 (1980) At-Large voting system and the Fifteenth Amendment: Rhode Island v. Innis: 446 U.S. 291 (1980) Meaning of "interrogation ...
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population.
Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. [1] It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been decentralized to it by the central government.
In the late 19th century, the Home Rule movement was created and served to define the divide between most nationalists (usually Catholics) who sought the restoration of an Irish Parliament, and most unionists (usually Protestants) who were afraid of being a minority under a Catholic-dominated Irish Parliament and who tended to support ...
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act; Other short titles: District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Long title: To reorganize the governmental structure of the District of Columbia, to provide a charter for local government in the District of Columbia subject to acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia, to delegate ...
1960 August: "Ax Handle Saturday" racial unrest. [23] Population: 201,030. [24] 1962 - Civic Auditorium opens. [17] 1963 - December, Hotel Roosevelt fire; 1964 - September 10, Hurricane Dora occurs. [1] 1967 Hart Bridge opens. [30] Mary Singleton and Sallye B. Mathis became the first female African Americans elected to the City Council. [23] 1968