Footnote Citing constitutions: Cite constitutions by the name, article, section, and paragraph (depending on how specific your reference is): 1. U.S. Constitution, art. 1, sec.
Footnote Citing constitutions: Cite constitutions by the name, article, section, and paragraph (depending on how specific your reference is): 1. U.S. Constitution, art. 1, sec.
You should cite to the United State federal constitution by "U.S. Const." and cite to state constitutions by "abbreviated state name Const." Examples: U.S. Const. art.
Chicago Citation Style (17th Edition): Government Publication General Format. Full Note: Name of Government Body/Division, Publication Title, (Place of. Publication: Publisher, Year), URL. Concise Note: Name of Government Body/Division, Publication Title. Bibliography: Name of Government Body/Division. Example.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution contains a number of important concepts, most famously state action, privileges or immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection—all of which are contained in Section One.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The first reference to the Constitution should be in full in the text and does not need a footnote: The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
Citation Data MLA. Illinois. Constitution of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Ill. :Secretary of State, 1914. APA. Illinois. ( 1914). Constitution of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Ill. . Chicago. Illinois. Constitution of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Ill. :Secretary of State, 1914.
In enforcing by appropriate legislation the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees against state denials, Congress has the discretion to adopt remedial measures, such as authorizing persons being denied their civil rights in state courts to remove their cases to federal courts, 2200 and to provide criminal 2201 and civil 2202 ...