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The Louisiana Constitution is legally named the Constitution of the State of Louisiana and commonly called the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, [1][2] and the Constitution of 1974. The constitution is the cornerstone of the law of Louisiana ensuring the rights of individuals, describing the distribution and power of state officials and local ...
May 4, 2023 · The constitution was approved, and on April 30, 1812, Louisiana became the eighteenth state to join the Union. The Constitution of 1812 resembled other state constitutions of the day. It was a brief specification of organizing principles and no more. By virtue of being first, it was the foundation of institutions that still exist.
Jan 9, 2023 · A History of Louisiana Constitutions. found in Projet of a Constitution for the State of Louisiana with Notes and Studies by Alden Leslie Powell Call Number: KFL400 .L6 1954 V.1 PT. 1 Publication Date: 1954
- Josh Freeman
- 2013
Jan 9, 2023 · The Constitution of the State of Louisiana is the cornerstone of Louisiana state law ensuring the rights of individuals, describing the distribution and power of state officials and local government, establishing the state and city civil service systems, creating and defining the operation of a state lottery, and the manner of revising the constitution.
- Josh Freeman
- 2013
Oct 11, 2024 · The convention began on February 8, 1898, at Tulane Hall (formerly known as the Mechanic's Institute). It's main purpose was to place the Democratic Party in firm control of the state. The delegates spent half of their time deciding the best way to disfranchise black voters. The rest of the time was spent writing the longest constitution to ...
- Francis Norton
- 2019
Louisiana’s eleven constitutions—eight in the nineteenth century and three in the twentieth—were the result of profound political changes and intense partisan struggles that occurred during the state’s complex history.
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Oct 11, 2024 · 1921. Inconsistencies in the last two constitutions, a public call for modernization, fear over the 19th Amendment, and the end of the grandfather clause led Gov. Parker to call for a new convention in May of 1921. The delegates would meet in the house chamber in Baton Rouge on March 1, 1921. Voters, including women, approved the convention ...
