Massachusetts State Constitution
GPTKB entity
Properties (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Constitution
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| gptkbp:allows |
referendums
initiatives |
| gptkbp:amends |
1820
1853 1918 1976 popular vote two-thirds vote of the legislature |
| gptkbp:bornIn |
1780
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| gptkbp:contains |
gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
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| gptkbp:defines |
civil rights
voting rights property rights |
| gptkbp:divisions |
preliminary articles
the declaration of rights the frame of government |
| gptkbp:established |
separation of powers
executive branch judicial branch legislative branch the office of Attorney General the office of Lieutenant Governor the_office_of_Secretary_of_the_Commonwealth the_office_of_Treasurer_and_Receiver-General |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Massachusetts State Constitution
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:U.S._Constitution
other state constitutions |
| gptkbp:is_a_model_for |
state governance
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| gptkbp:is_a_platform_for |
Massachusetts_law
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| gptkbp:is_a_subject_of |
constitutional law
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| gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of |
state identity
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| gptkbp:is_available_in |
public domain
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| gptkbp:is_evaluated_by |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court
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| gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
academic research
political discourse legal cases |
| gptkbp:maintainedBy |
gptkb:the_Massachusetts_State_Archives
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
written constitution still in effect
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| gptkbp:products |
gptkb:the_American_Revolution
the Enlightenment ideas |
| gptkbp:provides |
gptkb:Supreme_Judicial_Court
Governor local government State Legislature the right to assemble the right to a fair trial the election of state officials the right to free speech the right to petition the government the rights of the accused the organization of the judiciary |
| gptkbp:requires |
annual sessions of the legislature
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