gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:constitutional_law
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:United_States
all U.S. states
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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not generally enforceable by courts
primarily by Congress
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gptkbp:historicalName
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drafted in 1787 Constitutional Convention
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Guarantee Clause
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gptkbp:interpretedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Article_IV,_Section_4,_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:protectedBy
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domestic violence
invasion
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gptkbp:purpose
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to ensure republican government in the states
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gptkbp:relatedConcept
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federalism
republican form of government
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Luther_v._Borden_(1849)
gptkb:Pacific_States_Telephone_&_Telegraph_Co._v._Oregon_(1912)
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gptkbp:sometimesCalled
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gptkb:Republican_Guarantee_Clause
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gptkbp:text
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The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.
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gptkbp:triggeredBy
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application of state legislature or executive
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Article_4_of_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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