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While 11 state constitutions explicitly mention privacy — the basis of the argument for Roe — only two of those are in states that ban abortion. One is South Carolina, ...
The next 12 months are an opportunity to remind Americans that their political institutions were created to serve the founding documents.
Access to abortion has remained unsteady in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Read how the courts ...
But because Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota have put Medicaid expansion in their constitutions, they can’t easily take those steps. “Legislators cannot change that law without going back ...
The bulk of the tribal constitutions in the Tribal Constitutions Project database were passed in response to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, often called the Indian New Deal. The purpose of the ...
About 60 tribes in the United States and Canada are re-examining their constitutions, Cornell said. In Minnesota, Red Lake tribal leaders have thrown their support behind the concept and the Leech ...
Every federal, state or local elected or appointed official swears an oath to the constitutions of the United States, their state and their local government. Given the abuse federal and state ...
As Female Representation Hits New Highs Among States, Constitutions Still Assume Officials Are Male. More. Jack Dura. FILE - The South Dakota Capitol stands in Pierre, S.D., Jan. 10, 2024.
Instead, they sent out pocket Constitutions donated by the 917 Society, a nonprofit grassroots organization "dedicated to preserving our Constitution and fostering a love for our country among our ...
Over the past several years, voters in conservative Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota have amended their state constitutions to require their Medicaid programs to cover all adults below the age ...