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California Constitution Article I section 27 (California Proposition 17) The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson , 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 ( Cal. 1972), was a landmark case in the state of California that outlawed capital punishment for nine months until the enactment of a constitutional amendment reinstating it ...
The Constitution of California ( Spanish: ConstituciĆ³n de California) is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of California, describing the duties, powers, structures and functions of the government of California. California's constitution was drafted in both English and Spanish by American pioneers, European settlers, and Californios ...
t. e. Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process, to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership, as well as require a 2/3 majority for tax increases ...
The U.S. Constitution takes priority over the California constitution so courts may still be obliged to exclude evidence under the federal Bill of Rights. In practice the law prevented the California courts from interpreting the state constitution so as to impose an exclusionary rule more strict than that required by the federal constitution. [3]
1986 California Proposition 60. 1988 California Proposition 90. 1988 California Proposition 98. 1996 California Proposition 209. 1996 California Proposition 218. 1996 California Proposition 218 (Local Initiative Power) Senate Constitutional Amendment 5. 1998 California Proposition 10. 2000 California Proposition 39.
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. The Eighth Amendment ( Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of Rights. [ 1]
Protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition the government . September 25, 1789. December 15, 1791. 2 years, 81 days. 2nd [ 13] Protects the right to keep and bear arms . September 25, 1789. December 15, 1791. 2 years, 81 days.
t. e. Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage; it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance [ 3] of the California ...