The Constitution of Pennsylvania is the supreme law within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All acts of the General Assembly, the governor, and each...
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The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (ratified September 28, 1776) was the state's first constitution following its declaration of independence and has...
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it declared its independence, Pennsylvania was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 created the Supreme Executive...
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section 3, Pennsylvania Constitution. Article IV, section 14, Pennsylvania Constitution. "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"."Article II...
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influence on the formation and interpretation of Pennsylvania law. The original Pennsylvania constitutions, drafted by William Penn, established a Provincial...
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Assembly, and Petition". constitutioncenter.org. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: National Constitution Center. Retrieved June 8, 2020. "Second Amendment: Right...
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(1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and was unicameral. Since the Constitution of 1776, the legislature has been known...
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the governmental structure of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as established by the Pennsylvania Constitution. It is composed...
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who also served as its sixth president. The 1776 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was framed by a constitutional convention called at...
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section 2, Pennsylvania Constitution. Article II, section 16, Pennsylvania Constitution. "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"."Article II...
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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 It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
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ambition". By January 1788, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut ratified the Constitution without insisting upon amendments. Several...
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Philadelphia, which produced the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 for the newly established commonwealth and created the new Pennsylvania General Assembly. Penn...
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(1650–1672), Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 and the Directory of 1795–1799 in France. The French Directory was inspired by the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776...
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a new constitution. Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution on December 12, 1787, the second state to do so after Delaware. The Constitution took effect...
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Establishment Clause (redirect from Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution)
precedents, including the Constitutions of Clarendon, the Bill of Rights 1689, and the Pennsylvania and New Jersey colonial constitutions. An initial draft by...
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Declaration of Independence. On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The bloodiest battle of the American Civil...
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John Dickinson (redirect from John Dickinson (Pennsylvania))
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 60, no. 1 (1936): 5. Powell, John H. "John Dickinson and the Constitution." The Pennsylvania Magazine...
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the Constitution's meaning and what they hoped the Constitution would achieve. The preamble was mainly written by Gouverneur Morris, a Pennsylvania delegate...
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Thomas Mifflin (category Signers of the United States Constitution)
American Revolution. Mifflin signed the United States Constitution, was the first governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1790 to 1799, and was also the state's...
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seizure in Pennsylvania is controlled by both the United States Constitution and the broader protections of the Pennsylvania Constitution. This article...
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Term limits in the United States (section Constitution)
years." Shortly after independence, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 set maximum service in the Pennsylvania General Assembly at "four years in seven...
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Independence Hall (redirect from Independence Hall, Pennsylvania)
the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted by America's Founding Fathers. The structure...
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elections. (42 Pa.C.S. §§ 761–764). Article V, section 4 of the 1968 Pennsylvania Constitution created the Commonwealth Court. Acts enacted in 1970 set up the...
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553, making it the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia...
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in Pennsylvania is government below the state level in Pennsylvania. There are six types of local governments listed in the Pennsylvania Constitution: county...
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the Constitution of 1874". Early in the 20th century, the concept of municipal home rule spread across the United States, and in 1922 the Pennsylvania Constitution...
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The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles...
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Governor (United States) (redirect from State Constitution Gubernatorial Qualifications in the United States)
Green Papers: Constitutions of the states The Green Papers: State constitutions, an explanation The Green Papers: Links to state constitutions Citings of...
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James Wilson (Founding Father) (category Signers of the United States Constitution)
Philadelphia (later to become the University of Pennsylvania), he taught the first course on the new Constitution to President Washington and his Cabinet in...
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