Tag: constitution
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The Fourteenth Amendment on July 28, 1868 fully ratified, the law of the land
The Fourteenth Amendment On July 28, 1868, Secretary of State William Seward issued a proclamation certifying without reservation that the Fourteenth Amendment was a part of the United States Constitution. The required number of states had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment a few weeks earlier on July 9, 1868. Known as one of the “Reconstruction Amendments”…
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Principles of Constitutional Interpretation Jon Roland
Principles of Constitutional Interpretation Constitutional interpretation, or constitutional construction, the term more often used by the Founders, is the process by which legal decisions are made that are justified by a constitution, although not necessarily correctly. Constitutional controversies are about whether an official act is consistent with, and authorized by, a constitution or constitutional statute…
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Questions On Kamala Harris’ Eligibility For The U.S. Senate and the Vice-Presidency of the United States ~ ARE THEY VALID
The language of Article II is that one must be a natural-born citizen. The original Constitution did not define citizenship, but the 14th Amendment does—and it provides that “all persons born…in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.” Those who claim that birth alone is sufficient overlook the second phrase. is…
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Employment of certain deputies and assistants; delegation of powers and duties in local Virginia Government
Title 15.2 Counties, Cities and TownsChap. 15 Local Government Personnel, Qualification for Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding and Certain Local Government Officers, §§ 15.2-1500 — 15.2-1549Art. 1 General Provisions for Certain Officers and Employees, §§ 15.2-1500 — 15.2-1512.5 Virginia Code § 15.2-1502
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LETTER TO VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKING IF HE HAS OPINED THAT THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT MATTER
Sir: Has the Office of the Virginia Attorney General/the Attorney General (by whatever names they might be called) issued an opinion(s) that Virginia’s [1] Constitution, [2] CODE, [3] Officials, [4] employees, [5] contractors, [6] political subdivisions/ officals/employees/contractors/, [7] agencies (Virginia Code § 42.1-77) are not subject to common law (VIRGINIA CODE § 1-200, Supremacy Clause…
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THE DILLON RULE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN VIRGINIA
VoIume 24Number 8August 1989Virginia Town and City By Clay L. Writ The Development of Local Governments in Virginia Government in Virginia has not been static but has evolved to meet the changing needs of changing times. It is no surprise that units of local government as we think of them today were not present in…