Guarantee Clause (Section 4)
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Constitutional Clause
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Republican_Guarantee_Clause
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
All U.S. States
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:Luther_v._Borden_(1849)
gptkb:Pacific_States_Telephone_&_Telegraph_Co._v._Oregon_(1912) |
| gptkbp:enforcedBy |
gptkb:United_States_federal_government
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| gptkbp:historicalName |
Drafted in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Guarantee Clause (Section 4)
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| gptkbp:judicialInterpretation |
Generally considered a nonjusticiable political question
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| gptkbp:limitation |
Does not define 'republican form of government' precisely
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Article_IV_of_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:protectedBy |
gptkb:Domestic_Violence
Invasion |
| gptkbp:purpose |
To ensure every state has a republican form of government
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Used in debates over state government legitimacy
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| gptkbp:text |
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:bfsParent |
gptkb:Article_IV_of_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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