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Rhode Island: March 12, 1804; South Carolina: May 15, 1804; Georgia: May 19, 1804; New Hampshire: June 15, 1804 Having been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states (13 of 17), the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment was completed and it became a part of the Constitution. [A] It was subsequently ratified by:
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 ...
People's initiative (or "PI") is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Philippine Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987. The appellative also refers to the product of ...
The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world. [ 4 ] [ a ] The drafting of the Constitution , often referred to as its framing, was completed at the Constitutional Convention , which assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between May 25 and ...
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Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Rudolph G. Penner, until April 28, 1987 Edward Gramlich, April 28, 1987–December 1987; James L. Blum Jr. (acting), starting December 1987; Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin, until September 12, 1987 James H. Billington, from September 14, 1987
The Preamble of the 1865 Alabama Constitution notes one purpose of the document to be to "promote the general welfare", [26] but this language is omitted from the 1901 Alabama Constitution. Article VII of the Constitution of Alaska, titled "Health, Education, and Welfare", directs the legislature to "provide for the promotion and protection of ...
Whenever official notice is received at the National Archives and Records Administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Archivist of the United States shall forthwith cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying ...