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state's and rights
Some constitutions, especially written constitutions, also act as limiters of state power, by establishing lines which a state's rulers cannot cross, such as fundamental rights.
State constitutions may grant certain rights above and beyond what are granted under the United States Constitution and may impose their own obligations including the sovereign right of taxation and military service ; each state maintains at least one military force subject to national militia transfer service, the state's national guard, and some states maintain a second military force not subject to nationalization.
As in the system of the Soviet era, the procurator general and his regional and local equivalents are both the state's chief prosecuting officials and the chief investigators of criminal cases, a configuration that limits the pretrial rights of defendants.
In 1979, during the early stages of Thompson's term and immediately in the aftermath of the largest vote for a gubernatorial candidate in the state's history, he called for the human rights reorganization.
The unanimous decision held that the state's prohibitions on same-sex marriage were a violation of rights granted by the Vermont Constitution and ordered the Vermont legislature to either allow same-sex marriages or implement an alternative legal mechanism according similar rights.
White opposition to black voter registration was so intense in Mississippi that Freedom Movement activists concluded that all of the state's civil rights organizations had to unite in a coordinated effort to have any chance of success.
In the first half of the 19th century, South Carolinians became more devoted to the idea that state's rights were superior to the Federal government's authority.
A compromise was reached that would gradually reduce the tariffs, but the underlying argument over state's rights escalated in the coming decades.
The effects of a kleptocratic regime or government on a nation are typically adverse in regards to the faring of the state's economy, political affairs and civil rights.
A prominent use of was the UN Commission on Human Rights 1235 procedure, which publicly exposes state's human rights violations.
The records opened by court order in 1998 also revealed the state's deep complicity in the murders of three civil rights workers at Philadelphia, Mississippi, because its investigator A. L.
In August 2007, the Camp Meeting Association filed a federal suit to halt the state's investigation, on the grounds that the Methodist group's First Amendment rights were being infringed.
Rejecting the state's argument that Amendment 2 merely blocked gay people from receiving " special rights ", Kennedy wrote:
The court decision also ruled that Constantine's human rights were not violated by the Greek state's decision not to grant him Greek citizenship and passport until he acquires a surname, which Constantine does not possess.
The Association, represented throughout by Robert L. Carter of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, responded by moving to dissolve the order on the grounds that its activities within the state did not require its qualification under the statute and that the state's suit was intended to violate its rights to freedom of speech and of assembly as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
The action of the state's obtaining the names of the Association's membership would likely interfere with the free association of its members, so the state's interest in obtaining the records was superseded by the constitutional rights of the petitioners.
By 1879, the State of Louisiana had adopted a new constitution that prohibited the state's ability to grant slaughterhouse monopolies, devolving regulation of cattle slaughter to the parishes and municipalities, and further banning those subordinate governmental units from granting monopoly rights over such activities.
The records opened by court order in 1998 also revealed the state's deep complicity in the murders of three civil rights workers at Philadelphia, Mississippi, because its investigator A. L.
Combined with the principle of the state's monopoly of legitimate force, this means that those authorized by the state to defend the law ( in practice, the police ) are charged with the use of necessary force to protect such rights.
The President is invested with extensive rights to implement the state's foreign policy.
The movement to obtain marriage rights and benefits for same-sex couples in the United States began in the 1970s, but became more prominent in U. S. politics in 1993 when the Hawaii Supreme Court declared the state's prohibition to be unconstitutional in Baehr v. Lewin.
The black vote had " no measurable bearing " on the election as less than 3 % of the state's population was black, and Peabody also supported civil rights for blacks.

state's and position
Apart from violent overthrow, a head of state's position can be lost in several ways, including death, another by expiration of the constitutional term of office, abdication, or resignation.
In such systems, the head of state or the head of state's official representative ( i. e. the monarch, president, or governor-general ) usually holds a largely ceremonial position, although often with reserve powers.
In such systems, the head of state or the head of state's official representative ( i. e., the monarch, president, or governor-general ) usually holds a purely ceremonial position.
The decision seems to have been on the recommendation of Brumby, who was concerned with the state's budgetary position.
As a legislator, Clay advocated a liberal interpretation of the state's constitution and initially the gradual emancipation of slavery in Kentucky, although the political realities of the time forced him to abandon that position.
Richmond also benefits from an excellent position in reference to the state's transportation network, lying at the junction of east-west Interstate 64 and north-south Interstate 95, two of the most heavily traveled highways in the state, as well as along several major rail lines.
These included infighting between China's qigong establishment and Falun Gong, speculation over blackmailing and lobbying by qigong opponents and " scientists-cum-ideologues with political motives and affiliations with competing central Party leaders ", which caused the shift in the state's position, and the struggles from mid-1996 to mid-1999 between Falun Gong and the Chinese power elite over the status and treatment of the movement.
As Premier, Lang refused to cut government salaries and spending, a stand which was popular with his constituents, but which made the state's fiscal position more parlous, though the economic state of the six other various Australian governments fared little better during this same period.
Since its establishment in 1928, Copiah-Lincoln has continued to grow in size and prestige and now occupies a prominent position in the state's educational system with an enrollment of over 2, 000 and a physical plant valued at more than $ 35 million.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 84, 136, retaining its position as the state's 11th-largest municipality, as the population increased by 5, 464 (+ 6. 9 %) from the 78, 672 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6, 930 (+ 9. 7 %) from the 71, 742 counted in the 1990 Census.
Upon Mazarin's return, Fouquet demanded and received as reward the office of superintendent of the finances ( 1653 ), a position which, in the unsettled condition of the government, threw into his hands not merely the decision as to which funds should be applied to meet the demands of the state's creditors, but also the negotiations with the great financiers who lent money to the king.
Each chapter is designated by its state and a Greek letter indicating its position in the order in which that state's chapters were founded.
In this position he helped revise the state's laws.
Jiang Zemin retired from his post as Chairman of the party's Central Military Commission in September 2004 to Hu Jintao, and from the state's in March 2005, solidifying Hu's position as paramount leader.
In 1798, the formation of the state's highest court created a demand for judges, and Johnson was one of those selected to the position.
Selangor's geographical position in the centre of Peninsular Malaysia contributed to the state's rapid development as Malaysia's transportation and industrial hub.
In Massachusetts, Brooke's support among Catholics weakened, and during the 1978 re-election campaign, the state's bishops spoke in opposition to his leading role, in spite of the equally pro-choice position of his Democratic opponent.
The coherent state's location in the complex plane ( phase space ) is centered at the position and momentum of a classical oscillator of the same phase and amplitude ( or the same complex electric field value for an electromagnetic wave ).
The appeal failed, partly due to the support of Thomas Edison for the state's position ( Edison was a backer of direct current power supplies, and it is speculated he wanted to use the publicity surrounding the electric chair to convince people that AC was dangerous ).
In this position he served as President of the state senate, and directed the state's agriculture and commerce programs.
As the senate — in law still retaining the highest constitutional position, since the republic was never formally ended — lost most of its political importance, being reduced almost to a rubber stamp as a single-party state's parliament usually is, they stepped in as an official alternative power to the throne, but real power could just as well lie mainly elsewhere, depending on the imperial favor and personal machinations
He asserts that a state's attempt to place people in the same ( or similar ) material position leads to an unequal treatment of individuals and to a compulsory redistribution of income.
Due to the state's key position, habeas corpus was suspended and a number of Maryland state legislators, as well as officials in Baltimore and other outspoken secessionists, were arrested and imprisoned.
Hodges was elected the state's 22nd lieutenant governor in 1952 and succeeded to the position of governor in November 1954 upon the death of Governor William B. Umstead.

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