Kansas Constitution

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The Kansas Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and limitations of the government of the U.S. state of Kansas and guarantees certain rights to its citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational legal document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
adoptedAt Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
adoptedOn 1859-07-29 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
amendmentProcess constitutional amendment by legislature and ratification by voters ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas
country United States of America ⓘ
defines powers of Kansas state government ⓘ
structure of Kansas state government ⓘ
establishes Kansas Legislature ⓘ
Kansas Supreme Court ⓘ
Kansas district courts ⓘ
Kansas executive branch ⓘ
Kansas judicial branch ⓘ
government of Kansas ⓘ
establishesOffice Attorney General of Kansas ⓘ
Commissioner of Insurance of Kansas ⓘ
Governor of Kansas ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas ⓘ
Secretary of State of Kansas ⓘ
State Treasurer of Kansas ⓘ
governs State of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas
guarantees civil rights of Kansas citizens ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
habeas corpus ⓘ
political rights of Kansas citizens ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
right to assemble ⓘ
right to bear arms ⓘ
trial by jury ⓘ
hasPart Article 1 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 10 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 11 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 12 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 13 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 14 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 15 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 16 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 17 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 18 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 19 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 20 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 21 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 22 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 3 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 4 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 5 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 7 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 8 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Article 9 of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Bill of Rights of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Preamble of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
inForce true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
limits powers of Kansas state government ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kansas ⓘ
predecessor Leavenworth Constitution ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution ⓘ
Topeka Constitution ⓘ
providesFor local government in Kansas ⓘ
public schools in Kansas ⓘ
regulates education system in Kansas ⓘ
elections in Kansas ⓘ
state finance in Kansas ⓘ
suffrage in Kansas ⓘ
taxation in Kansas ⓘ
subjectOf Kansas constitutional amendments ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1861-01-29 ⓘ

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Kansas Senate → authority → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Senate → establishedBy → Kansas Constitution of 1861 ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
Kansas Legislature → establishedBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Legislature → follows → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas House of Representatives → establishedBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas legislative districts → legalBasis → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Insurance Commissioner of Kansas → createdBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
23rd Judicial District of Kansas → governingLaw → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Government of Kansas → hasConstitution → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Kansas → constitutedBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Supreme Court → interprets → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas judicial branch → interprets → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Court of Appeals → authorizedBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Third Judicial District of Kansas → governedBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Governor of Kansas → createdBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Governor of Kansas → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the State of Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
Kansas 5th Judicial District → governingLaw → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Finney County District Court → governingLaw → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Constitution → hasPart → Preamble of the Kansas Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
Kansas 8th Judicial District → governingLaw → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Secretary of State → createdBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Kansas elections → governedBy → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Wyandotte Constitutional Convention → relatedWork → Kansas State Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
John James Ingalls → helpedDraft → Kansas state constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
7th Judicial District of Kansas → governingLaw → Kansas Constitution ⓘ
Wyandotte Constitution → replacedBy → Constitution of Kansas (amended versions) ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution