state

Examples of state in the following topics:

• The Powers of State Government

  • The legislative branch of the states consists of state legislatures.
  • In the majority of states, the state legislature is called the Legislature.
  • A supreme court that hears appeals from lower state courts heads the judicial branch in most states.
  • Map of the United States.
  • Each of the state has its own government.

• Red States vs. Blue States

  • The terms "red state" (Republican-voting) and "blue state" (Democratic-voting) were standardized during the 2000 US presidential election.
  • During the 2000 US presidential election, the term "red states" was coined to mean those states whose residents primarily vote for the Republican Party and "blue states" as those states whose residents primarily vote for the Democratic Party .
  • Such a situation can lead a state to favor one party in state and local elections and another party in presidential elections.
  • Another criticism of the red state-blue state paradigm is that it has not been entirely predictive of how states will vote.
  • News media frequently display maps in blue, red, and purple to indicate primarily Democratic-voting states, Republican-voting states, and middle ground states.

• Interstate Relations

  • Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the states, with Congress having power to admit new states.
  • In the United States, states are guaranteed military and civil defense by the federal government.
  • Four states use the official name of Commonwealth, rather than State.
  • The United States Constitution uniformly refers to all of these sub-national jurisdictions as States .
  • Under Article Four of the United States Constitution, which outlines the relationship between the states, the United States Congress has the power to admit new states to the Union.

• Article IV

  • Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the duties states have to each other, as well as those the federal government has to the states.
  • Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
  • The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
  • A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
  • New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new states shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as of the Congress.

• The 10th Amendment

  • The Tenth Amendment states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or the people.
  • The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

• The 11th Amendment

  • The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with each state's sovereign immunity.
  • The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
  • State the prohibition granted and protection afforded by the 11th Amendment

• Article VI

  • Article Six of the United States Constitution establishes the Constitution and the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land.
  • All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
  • This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
  • The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

• Article VII

  • Article Seven of the United States Constitution provides how many state ratifications were necessary in order for the Constitution to take effect and how a state could ratify it.
  • The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same.

• The 19th Amendment

  • The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
  • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

• The Jewish State