• The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the fundamental governing document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 individual...
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    in the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts, which called for the position of a "supreme executive magistrate". Governors of Massachusetts are elected every...
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    John Adams, author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower...
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    The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on...
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    second draft of what became the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution; unlike the word "state", the word "commonwealth" had the connotation of a republic at...
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    Constellation, and Constitution. Constitution's launching ceremony on 20 September 1797 was attended by President John Adams and Massachusetts Governor Increase...
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    The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures...
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    the Governor of Massachusetts. Councillors are elected by the general public and their duties are set forth in the Massachusetts Constitution. The Governor's...
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    A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other...
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  • recodification of the Constitution of the State of Maine. The Constitution of Massachusetts is currently the world's oldest written constitution that is still...
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    unconstitutional under the Constitution of Massachusetts for the state to abridge marriage on the basis of sex. From 2004 through to 2015, as the tide of public opinion...
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    registered voters on nomination papers Be a member of the Massachusetts Bar When the 1780 state constitution was first enacted, the attorney general was appointed...
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  • The General Laws of Massachusetts form the general statutory law. The Constitution of Massachusetts is the foremost source of state law. Legislation...
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    of the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780. Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company Mayflower Compact Massachusetts Body of Liberties Constitution...
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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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  • 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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    LXIV, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". General Court of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 8, 2024. "Article VIII, Constitution of the Commonwealth...
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    the Governor of Massachusetts. The constitutional honorific title for the office is His, or Her, Honor. The Massachusetts Constitution provides that...
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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America...
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    area that is now Massachusetts was colonized by English settlers in the early 17th century and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century...
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  • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral...
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    Parish church (category Types of Christian organization)
    whole of Scotland. In Massachusetts, towns elected publicly funded parish churches from 1780 until 1834, under the Constitution of Massachusetts. Toward...
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    pledge violates the Equal Rights Amendment of the Constitution of Massachusetts. In May 2014, Massachusetts' highest court ruled that the pledge does not...
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    to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780, where he successfully advocated for adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts. In May...
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  • amendments, specifically a bill of rights. Following this compromise, Massachusetts voted to ratify the Constitution on February 6, 1788. Five states...
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    Elizabeth Freeman (category People from colonial Massachusetts)
    1780 Constitution of Massachusetts. Her suit, Brom and Bett v. Ashley (1781), was cited in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appellate review of Quock...
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    creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the...
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    General of Massachusetts (TAGMA). The Massachusetts State Defense Force is authorized by both the Constitution of Massachusetts and chapter 33 § 10 of the Massachusetts...
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    Charles Adams (1770–1800) (category People from Quincy, Massachusetts)
    ISBN 9780061915413. "Massachusetts Historical Society: Adams Biographical Sketches". masshist.org. Retrieved December 3, 2020. "Massachusetts Historical Society:...
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    Samuel Eliot Morison (category Military personnel from Massachusetts)
    History of the Constitution of Massachusetts. Boston: Special Commission on Revision of the Constitution, 1963. A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts...
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