One of the first acts of the US Congress after the new US Constitution was the Coinage Act of 1792 allowed for the minting of both gold and silver coins at a face value ratio of 15:1.
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So this year the Coalition resolved to have the constitution amended to restore the act's protections, and also to allow school prayer.
That court found, in her favor, that the Defense of Marriage Act violates the Constitution's equal protection clause and thus she shouldn't have had to pay an inheritance tax after her partner's death.
The suit seeks compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Voting Registration Act of 1993 and cites the equal protection clause in the Constitution.
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Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution requires an oath of office.
On the eve of the decision, most observers thought it obvious that part or the entirety of the act would be found incompatible with the Constitution.
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These cases involve a complex web of federal laws and legal principles, including the patent system established under the Constitution, antitrust law, and the Hatch-Waxman Act, a 1984 law that was intended to give generic manufacturers an incentive to challenge patents.
The expectation thus far - among those who considered the point at all - was that independence would require to be enacted by a Westminster statute, not least because the present position is that the constitution is reserved to the UK Parliament under the Scotland Act 1998.
Just over a year ago a free helpline for whistleblowers was launched, while the need for staff to report concerns and employers to act on them was written into the NHS Constitution.
Most importantly, they wanted us to act as guardians of the Constitution and thus the liberty and the rights under law of each individual American.
The Constitution, under the Anti-deficiency Act, stipulates that only federal personnel involved in the safety of human life or the protection of property and those engaged in law enforcement functions, are to be employed in the case of a shutdown.
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In spite of the fact that Zelaya had violated the Honduran Constitution by calling for an illegal referendum to perpetuate himself in power and though the Congress and Supreme Court acted to protect the constitution, the removal of Zelaya was viewed by many countries as an illegal act.
Arguably (again), that might mean that it is within the purview of Westminster to act without an LCM from Westminster on the grounds that the constitution does not fall, strictly, within Scottish domestic, devolved politics.
In defending the constitutionality of the Act, the federal government relies upon the Commerce Clause of the Constitution as the enumerated power supposedly delegating authority to the federal government for this regulatory compulsion.
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Professor Rafiq Tahir, Joint Secretary Ministry of Capital Administration and Development (CAD) presented an action plan for enforcement of Article 25-A of the constitution and right to free and compulsory education act 2012 in Islamabad.
But America has always been engaged in a delicate balancing act between its secular constitution and the religious instincts of its population.
Congress has invoked its commerce power to pass a vast array of laws, from the Endangered Species Act to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, often over conservative complaints that such regulation exceeded the intent of the Constitution's framers.
Ismail said two documents needed to be drawn up: an amendment to the constitution making the secession of Singapore possible, and an act giving Singapore independence under that amendment.
Firstly, the constitution is reserved to Westminster under Schedule Five of the Scotland Act 1998, the legislation which created the Scottish Parliament.
Until 1999 the Irish Republic claimed the whole island of Ireland under its constitution, but it did not act on it.
Some experts think that using an Act to amend its own terms is unsporting, though, as ever with the British constitution, no one really knows.
She emphasized the welcoming news of ICT Act and Sindh Provincial Act that had been passed, on Article 25-A of constitution on free and compulsory education for all children age 5- 16.
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