Talk:New Hampshire Constitution
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[edit] Right of revolution
Has the right of revolution ever been excercised? If so, what did courts or civil authorities have to say about it? Cmadler 21:02, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
- Here are some citations from the Annotations of Part I, Article 10:
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- The political philosophy embodied in the article was adhered to by the Colony of New Hampshire before it became an independent state, and was incorporated in the common law of the state. See Trustees of Exeter Academy v. Exeter, 90 N.H. 472 (1940).
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- Legislature, in pending bill, was proposing to create a tax exemption for electric utility property, rather than directly raising tax revenue to subsidize private purposes, and even if exemption were seen as a form of direct grant, public benefit gained by legislation, in form of increased competition and customer choice, was sufficient to ensure its compliance with principle of equality inherent in part I, article 10 of New Hampshire Constitution. Opinion of Justices, 144 N.H. 374 (1999).
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- This provision does not preclude the legislature from proscribing activities looking to the overthrow of government by force or violence. Nelson v. Wyman, 99 N.H. 33 (1954).
- The article has also been used by those who felt the state's property tax system/manner of collecting taxes for education was unconstitutional and unjust in recent years. Assawyer 06:21, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
BTW, this fact was on Did You Know a few days ago thanks to yours truly. Karmafist 00:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Amendments
Does anyone know how many and when amendments have been made to the New Hampshire Constitution? L Hamm 19:08, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
