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  • The loyalty oath is found in Article XX, Section 3 of the California Constitution: I, ______, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Consti

    Would You Sign This Pledge To Keep Your Job? Ron Buckmire 2008

  • Senate passes pro-torture bill that guts US Consti ...

    Musgrave exposes GOP's warped agenda: Gay marriage, not Iraq or terror, is most important issue 2006

  • Senate passes pro-torture bill that guts US Consti...

    09/28/2006 2006

  • Consti - by amazin on Sunday, Sep 10, 2006 at 2: 41: 11 AM

    Who Needs a Constitution When You Have A George? 2006

  • The dollar bill proves the greatness of our Consti...

    12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005 2005

  • He found none. just as his grandfather's Consti - tutional Convention had lacked the courage to grapple with the slave problem in its day, so this Supreme Court failed to provide the type of guid - ance necessary to preserve the Union.

    Legacy Michener, James 1987

  • When I showed my wife this formidable list of enemies, she pushed the scrapbook away, looked up in disbelief, and asked: 'Norman, how did she muster the courage to fight such an arrayT I shared a conclusion taught me by my mother, who would, in her day, fight her own battle for a worthy cause:' All Starr children were reared to believe that they had a family stake in the Consti - tution.

    Legacy Michener, James 1987

  • Under the Consti - tution of the United States, which embodies this idea, the Supreme Court has frequently declared Acts of

    LEGAL CONCEPT OF FREEDOM R. W. M. DIAS 1968

  • To begin with, the Consti - tution was drafted in a special way, by a convention of delegates selected for this one purpose, and ratified in a special way, by conventions selected for this single function in the states.

    CONSTITUTIONALISM DAVID FELLMAN 1968

  • But this Consti - tution includes much more, notably the rules of the common law, and well-established customs and con - ventions which deal with very basic matters, such as the principle of ministerial responsibility to the House

    CONSTITUTIONALISM DAVID FELLMAN 1968

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