The Louisiana Constitution is legally named the Constitution of the State of Louisiana and commonly called the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and the...
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interpretation of the principles and intents of the United States Constitution. The party platform is based on originalist interpretations of the Constitution and...
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types of cases. The post-Reconstruction Constitution of 1879 substantially modified the organization of the Louisiana judiciary. The Constitution created...
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The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
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The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States...
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chief of the Louisiana National Guard. Republican Jeff Landry has held the office since January 8, 2024. Louisiana ratified its first constitution in 1812...
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Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the attorney general is elected statewide for a four-year term and is the chief legal officer of the state. Additionally...
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governor of Louisiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Louisiana's state government...
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Law in the state of Louisiana is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States. Private law—that is...
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judiciary of Louisiana is defined under the constitution and law of Louisiana and comprises the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal...
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21 of the 1921 Constitution of the State of Louisiana. It succeeded the Railroad Commission of Louisiana that was created by the 1898 Constitution. The...
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head of the Louisiana Department of State. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution. The current secretary of state...
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governor-elect André B. Roman. In the Louisiana Constitution of 1846, the lieutenant governor of Louisiana assumed the functions of the senate presidency. This...
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presided over the Louisiana Senate from 1845 until the adoption of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.[citation needed] Under the new constitution, the lieutenant...
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of Louisiana is defined under the Constitution and law of Louisiana and is composed of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal...
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III, §4, of the Louisiana Constitution. In 2007, some legislators had served their maximum terms and could not run again, being "termed out of office"...
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By 1962, the constitution had grown to 75,000 words, which at that time was longer than any other state constitution but Louisiana's. That year, the...
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Cajuns (redirect from Louisiana Cajuns)
also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the U.S. state of Louisiana and surrounding...
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Louisiana French (Louisiana French: français de la Louisiane; Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn) is an umbrella term for the dialects and varieties...
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Gambling (redirect from History of gambling)
March 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. E.g., Constitution of Louisiana, 1974, Art. VII, Sec. 6(B). "Nevada Gaming Control Board : Home"...
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State Legislature". The Constitution of Louisiana vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and...
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United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or...
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The Louisiana Democratic Party (French: Parti démocrate de Louisiane, Spanish: Partido Demócrata de Luisiana) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party...
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for the purpose of developing an industrial economy in post-Reconstruction Louisiana. Four years later in 1898, the state constitution changed the school's...
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2004, he defended Louisiana Amendment 1, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman within the Louisiana Constitution, against legal challenges...
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Louisiana House of Representatives was established, along with its functions and authority, in Article III, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution....
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from Louisiana since 2017. A Republican, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue...
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the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was...
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The Constitution of the State of Alabama is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was adopted in 2022 and is Alabama's seventh...
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re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates...
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