Tag: supreme-court
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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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VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT RULES VIOLATE U.S. CONSTITUTION’S ART. 6, CLAUSE 2 & VIRGINIA CODE SEC. 1-201
An Act for the Regulating the Privy Council and for taking away the Court commonly called the Star Chamber.[July 5, 1641. Statutes of the Realm, v. 110. 17 Car. I. cap. 10. See Hist. of Engl. ix. 404.]Virginia Code: Title 1 General ProvisionsChap. 2.1 Common Law and Rules of Construction, §§ 1-200 — 1-257Art. 1…
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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…