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An official secession convention met in South Carolina following the November 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, on a platform opposing the expansion of slavery into U.S. territories. [4] On December 20, 1860, the convention issued an ordinance of secession announcing the state's withdrawal from the union. [5]
The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government. The current constitution took effect on December 4, 1895. South Carolina has had six other constitutions, which were adopted in 1669, 1776, 1778, 1790, 1865 and 1868.
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that rejected a challenge from the state of South Carolina to the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required that some states submit changes in election districts to the Attorney General of the United States (at the time, Nicholas Katzenbach). [1]
Starting in 1708, [9] the region maintained a Black majority throughout the 18th and 19th centuries until the mid-20th century, [6][4] exacerbating colonists' fears about slave uprisings. [7] Starting in the 18th century, South Carolina was referred to as 'like a Negro country.'. [7] Slave labor allowed South Carolina to become the wealthiest ...
Amendment XV. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account or race, color, or previous condition of ...
Edwards vs. South Carolina monument, Columbia, SC. Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229 (1963), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling that the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbade state government officials to force a crowd to disperse when they are otherwise legally marching in front of a state house.
The Nebraska Constitution was amended in 1912 to allow cities with a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants to form a government under home rule. See Article XI, Section 2. Lincoln and Omaha are Nebraska's only home rule cities as of 2020. [13] Grand Island adopted a home rule charter in 1928; it was repealed by the voters on April 2, 1963.
Constitutional bans on same-sex unions were advocated in response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in other jurisdictions, notably Canada and Massachusetts.. Some amendments and some proposed amendments forbade a state from recognizing even non-marital civil unions and domestic partnerships, while others explicitly allowed for same-sex unions that were not called "marriages".