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- 1 2 Paul Wake, Fundamental Principles, Individual Rights, and Free Government: Do Utahns Remember How to Be Free?
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- ↑ State v. Debooy, 2000 UT 32, ¶12, 996 P. 2d 546, dab, and State v. Larocco, 794 P.2d 460 (Utah 1990).
- ↑ State v. Watts, 750 P.2d 1219 (Utah 1988).
- ↑ Kenneth R. Wallentine, Heeding the Call: Search and Seizure Jurisprudence Under the Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 14, 17 J. Contemp. L. 267 (1991).
- ↑ Brigham City v. Stuart , 547 U.S. (2006), (Stevens, J., concurring).
- ↑ "Utah Constitutional Amendment C, Remove Slavery as Punishment for a Crime from Constitution Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Utah Constitution Article I, Section 21: Slavery forbidden" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Article XVI, Section 8 Minimum wage for women and minors -- Comfort and safety laws".
- ↑ Greenwood, Daniel; Durham, C.J. Christine; Wyer, Kathy. "Utah's Constitution: Distinctively Undistinctive". Hofstra University. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Constitution of the State of Utah". archives.utah.gov. Retrieved January 24, 2018.