Constitution of Delaware

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The Constitution of Delaware is the fundamental legal charter that establishes the structure, powers, and limitations of the state government of Delaware and protects the rights of its citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Delaware
bindingOn Delaware state government ⓘ
courts of Delaware ⓘ
public officials of Delaware ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy constitutional amendment process in Delaware ⓘ
category Delaware law ⓘ
U.S. state constitutions ⓘ
contains bill of rights ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defines limitations on the Delaware state government ⓘ
powers of the Delaware state government ⓘ
structure of the Delaware state government ⓘ
establishes Delaware General Assembly ⓘ
Delaware Supreme Court ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Delaware ⓘ
executive branch of Delaware ⓘ
judicial branch of Delaware ⓘ
legislative branch of Delaware ⓘ
governmentType republican form of government ⓘ
guarantees due process of law (subject to limitations under state and federal law) ⓘ
equal protection of the laws (subject to limitations under state and federal law) ⓘ
freedom of religion (subject to limitations under state and federal law) ⓘ
freedom of speech (subject to limitations under state and federal law) ⓘ
right to trial by jury (subject to limitations under state and federal law) ⓘ
historicalPrecededBy earlier Delaware constitutions ⓘ
inspiredBy principles of American constitutionalism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the State of Delaware ⓘ
protects rights of citizens of Delaware ⓘ
purpose to establish the framework of government for Delaware ⓘ
to limit governmental power in Delaware ⓘ
to protect individual rights in Delaware ⓘ
regulates legislative process in Delaware ⓘ
qualifications for holding state office in Delaware ⓘ
state elections in Delaware ⓘ
state judiciary organization in Delaware ⓘ
state taxation framework in Delaware ⓘ
requires separation of powers among branches of Delaware government ⓘ
subjectTo United States Constitution ⓘ
usedBy Delaware courts for judicial review of state laws ⓘ
Delaware executive branch as source of authority ⓘ
Delaware legislature as framework for lawmaking ⓘ

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Delaware General Assembly → governingDocument → Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
Delaware General Assembly → establishedBy → Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
Delaware Supreme Court → constitutionalBasis → Delaware Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Delaware Supreme Court → interprets → Delaware Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Government of Delaware → hasConstitution → Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
Delaware Senate → authority → Delaware Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Delaware Senate → establishedBy → Delaware Constitution of 1897 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Governor of Delaware → legalBasis → Constitution of Delaware ⓘ
Governor of Delaware → officeCreatedBy → Delaware Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Delaware House of Representatives → authority → Delaware Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Delaware House of Representatives → establishedBy → Delaware Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Delaware
Office of the Governor of Delaware → authorizedBy → Constitution of Delaware ⓘ