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  2. Constitution of California - Wikipedia

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    Robins, in which "free speech" rights beyond those addressed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution were found in the California Constitution by the California courts. [3] One of California's most significant prohibitions is against "cruel or unusual punishment," a stronger prohibition than the U.S. Constitution's Eighth ...

  3. Levering Act - Wikipedia

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    The California State Federation of Teachers said in 1950: [4] The Levering Oath is in contradiction to the Federal Constitution since it imposes on public workers a political test for employment, deprives them of equal protection under the law as guaranteed in the 14th Amendment, and exposes them through its ambiguity to self-incrimination and ...

  4. Act for the Government and Protection of Indians - Wikipedia

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    Although the California legislature repealed parts of the statute after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished involuntary servitude in 1865, [2] it was not repealed in its entirety until 1937. [7] In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom apologized on behalf of the state of California for the legislation. [8]

  5. Abraham Joshua Heschel - Wikipedia

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    Five schools have been named for Heschel: in Buenos Aires, Argentina the rabbinical school of the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano; on the Upper West Side of New York City, the A J Heschel School; in California the Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School is located in Northridge, while the Heschel West Day School is located in Agoura Hills; and The ...

  6. In 1964, white Californians overwhelmingly voted to make segregation a part of the state's Constitution with the passage of Prop 14. How the L.A. Times helped write segregation into California's ...

  7. Law of California - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Witkin's Summary of California Law, a legal treatise popular with California judges and lawyers. The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. . Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes, which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Co

  8. California Constitutional Conventions - Wikipedia

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    Colton Hall in Monterey, site of the 1849 Constitutional Convention. The Monterey Convention of 1849 was the first California Constitutional Convention to take place. [1] [8] [9] Bvt. Brig. Gen. Bennett C. Riley, ex officio Governor of California, issued a proclamation on June 3, 1849 calling for a convention and a special election on August 1 where delegates to the convention would be elected.

  9. Why it's been so hard to kill Article 34, California's ... - AOL

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    The article is a provision of California's state Constitution that requires voter approval before public housing is built in a community. At the time it passed in 1950, the real estate industry ...