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A consitutional provision is a specific benefit offered and protected by law: such as, the US Constitution 14th Amendment, -1-, for providing or insuring the rights of citizens due process of law and equal protection of law, prior to property or liberty of property is deprived by a US State. It can also mean a civil right assured by a US State, or by any governing entity thus organized to petition civil rights of and for inhabitants of a designated geographical area (such as other countries governments).
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∙ 11y agoA constitution is the set of rules by which an organization or a country is run. Each one of those rules is a constitutional provision.
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Is the separation of powers a constitutional provision?
Yes
What constitutional provision was important in the Dustin Hoffman case?
Free Speech Clause
What is the importance of the constitutional provision on amendments or revisions?
The US Constitutional provision for the amendments known as the Bill of Rights has been of great importance. The amendment process allows changes to the Constitution when events deem it necessary to make fundamental changes in the laws.
What constitutional provision or court case established the principle of judicial review?
Marbury vs. Madison
Constitutional provision popular in the Midwest and south that encouraged lawbreaking and gangsterism in the big cities?
Prohibition
What constitutional provision made cooperative federalism possible?
Declaration of Intergovernmental Independence
What is Constitutional status of a line-item veto?
There is no such thing as the constitutional status of the so-called presidential line-item veto. It was proposed but never confirmed to be constitutional, rather, the Constitution makes no provision for such a privilege.
The great compromise at the constitutional convention of 1787 contained a provision of?
A bicameral legislature
At the Constitutional Convention the provision that granted two senators to each state regardless of its size was part of the?
Great Compromise
The nation played with fate for nearly 180 years because?
no constitutional or congressional provision defined presidential disability
What kind of cases are heard in constitutional courts?
Cases where the decision hinges on the application of a constitutional provision are heard in Constitutional Courts. A good example of such cases would include all cases concerning Freedom of Speech as guaranteed in the First Amendment.
What happens if there is ever a conflict between a state law and a federal law that falls within the framework of the Constitution?
The United States Constitution always, always, always trumps any state constitutions. When there is a conflict, and that conflict comes into play in a court action, the court is bound to give force to the US Constitutional provision and invalidate the state constitutional provision.
