The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation,the nation's first constitution,on March 4,1789. Originally including seven articles,the Constitution delineates the national frame and constrains the powers of the federal government. The Constitution's first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers,in which the federal government is divided into three branches:the legislative,consisting of the bicameral Congress;the executive,consisting of the president and subordinate officers;and the judicial,consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Article IV,Article V,and Article VI embody concepts of federalism,describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments,the states in relationship to the federal government,and the shared process of constitutional amendment. Article VII establishes the procedure subsequently used by the 13 states to ratify it. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude,except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8,1864,by the House of Representatives on January 31,1865,and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6,1865,and proclaimed on December 18. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I,Section 3,Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution,under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate,allowing for state legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would,if added,explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and introduced in Congress in December 1923 as a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. The purpose of the ERA is to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. Proponents assert it would end legal distinctions between men and women in matters of divorce,property,employment,and other matters. Opponents originally argued it would remove protections that women needed. In the 21st century,opponents argue it is no longer needed and some fear it would protect abortion and transgender rights.
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution established a nationally standardized minimum age of 18 for participation in state and local elections. It was proposed by Congress on March 23,1971,and it was ratified by three-quarters of the states by July 1,1971.
Joseph Bradley Varnum was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. representative and United States senator,and held leadership positions in both bodies. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
The North Carolina General Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers:the Senate and the House of Representatives. The General Assembly meets in the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh,North Carolina.
The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788. Since 1789,the Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times;particularly important amendments include the ten amendments of the United States Bill of Rights and the three Reconstruction Amendments.
The Corwin Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that has never been adopted,but owing to the absence of a ratification deadline,could still be adopted by the state legislatures. It would shield slavery within the states from the federal constitutional amendment process and from abolition or interference by Congress. Although the Corwin Amendment does not explicitly use the word slavery,it was designed specifically to protect slavery from federal power. The outgoing 36th United States Congress proposed the Corwin Amendment on March 2,1861,shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War,with the intent of preventing that war and preserving the Union. It passed Congress but was not ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures.
The Child Labor Amendment is a proposed and still-pending amendment to the United States Constitution that would specifically authorize Congress to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age". The amendment was proposed on June 2,1924,following Supreme Court rulings in 1918 and 1922 that federal laws regulating and taxing goods produced by employees under the ages of 14 and 16 were unconstitutional.
The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate,along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,with 122 members,and the upper Mississippi State Senate,with 52 members. Both representatives and senators serve four-year terms without term limits. The Legislature convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
Lyman Trumbull was an American lawyer,judge,and politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1873. Trumbull was a leading abolitionist attorney and key political ally to Abraham Lincoln and authored several landmark pieces of reform as chair of the Judiciary Committee during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era,including the Confiscation Acts,which created the legal basis for the Emancipation Proclamation;the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,which abolished chattel slavery;and the Civil Rights Act of 1866,which led to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Constitution of Mississippi is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of Mississippi delineating the duties,powers,structures,and functions of the state government. Mississippi's original constitution was adopted at a constitutional convention held at Washington,Mississippi in advance of the western portion of the territory's admission to the Union in 1817. The current state constitution was adopted in 1890 following the reconstruction period. It has been amended and updated 100 times in since its adoption in 1890,with some sections being changed or repealed altogether. The most recent modification to the constitution occurred in November 2020,when Section 140 was amended,and Sections 141-143 were repealed.
The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly,composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives,with 125 state representatives,and the upper Kansas Senate,with 40 state senators. Representatives are elected for two-year terms,senators for four-year terms.
The 1864–65 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. They occurred during the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's re-election. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1864 and 1865,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 2.
Derrick Terrell Simmons is an American politician and trial lawyer serving as a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for the 12th district since 2011. He is the Minority Leader of the Mississippi Senate,being elected in 2017.
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Bart Williams is an American politician,serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 15th district since 2020.
