Past the Constitution State, two California spots Sunnyvale and Santa Clara and two in Virginia Arlington and Alexandria also contain large concentrations of wealth.
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That ALAC Act, which has passed in Tennessee, Louisiana and Arizona and to date has not been legally challenged on any grounds, was used as a methodological tool to define which Shariah-related cases in state courts were in conflict with the Constitution or state public policies.
The amendment to the state constitution would prohibit the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, skin color, ethnicity or national origin.
We would be hard-pressed to devise a theory under which the U.S. Constitution precludes state-level insurance mandates.
Brazil is amending its constitution to state that domestic workers have all the same rights as other workers.
Among other things, the constitution increased state controls on private industry and land and allowed Mr Correa to run for re-election.
Simply, because under the Constitution, state governments have authority over water resources -- and they are loath to give it up to the feds because they earn billions from water charges.
Southerners who glossed the Constitution stressed state sovereignty.
Since the usury cap was an amendment to the state's constitution, only a statewide referendum or federal legislation, which would override the state's constitution, can abolish it.
This is the same state that continues to have a provision in its State Constitution requiring that nobody may run for a public office in the state unless that candidate affirmatively states his or her belief in God.
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Another problem: Many states are contractually obligated (under the state constitution in some cases) to exempt interest on their municipal bonds from state income tax.
The court said the law did not violate the state constitution's guarantee of religious freedom or a ban on the use of state funds for religious institutions.
Opponents are also seeking to have the amendment nullified, arguing that it alters the state's constitution -- meaning the state Supreme Court's May ruling -- and therefore, according to state law, is a revision that requires a constitutional convention.
Meanwhile, Oklahomans overwhelmingly voted to amend their state constitution to ban international law specifically sharia law from being used in their state courts.
He simplified the state constitution and, by changing the way oil production was taxed, ensured a windfall for the state treasury in oil's boom years.
Back in the 1970s the people supporting the mini-bottles-only rule got it embedded in the state constitution, any amendment to which requires a two-thirds vote by both houses of the state legislature, as well as approval by a majority of South Carolina's voters in a referendum.
Prop 8 which passed with 52% of the vote amended California's constitution to nullify a state Supreme Court ruling that the California constitution requires that same-sex marriage be permitted.
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The state constitution has an amendment carving out public employee pension benefits from diminishment.
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But California voters in November approved Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to ban gay marriage.
Its constitution guarantees the state research foundation, known as FAPESP, 1% of the state government's tax take.
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The US Constitution prohibits the State of California from favoring companies in California against competition from those outside.
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Its supporters argued that Californians long have had the right to change their state constitution through ballot initiatives.
It's true that the Illinois Supreme Court is the final authority when it comes to interpreting the state constitution.
The proposition, which added an amendment to the state constitution, defined marriage as between one man and one woman.
But the judge took issue with the way the plan was enacted, saying it violated "home-rule" provisions of the state Constitution.
In May, a similar amendment in North Carolina to ban gay marriage in the state constitution passed with 61% voter support.
The constitution empowers the state as the guarantor of education, health care, food, social security, and water resources for its inhabitants.
Having learned the lessons of such subsidy deals, the framers of the state constitution included what is known as the gift clause.
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With the passage of the amendment, North Carolina becomes the 29th state to use its state constitution to explicitly ban gay unions.
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In addition, County Executive Rob Astorino has argued that it would violate the state Constitution if the county sued municipalities over zoning.
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