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Fifth-grade students at McVey Elementary School celebrated one of the most important events in our nation’s history on Sept. 17, the drafting of the Constitution. To mark the anniversary, teachers prepared an array of activities to study the historic event in a fun way, which included creating a class constitution.
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10/18/12
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First of two parts.
In 1965, Morris Kramer, a 30-year-old bachelor who lived in Atlantic Beach with his mother, claimed that the Lawrence Public School District and the State of New York were discriminating against him.
Kramer owned no property and had no children in the schools, so, by state law at the time, he couldn’t vote in a school district election. That, he said, violated his constitutional rights.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/18/12
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Feeling threatened by the Supreme Court’s diligent and persistent questioning of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), President Obama referred to the court as an “unelected group of people.”
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4/12/12
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Last week, the Supreme Court held three days of oral arguments on whether the landmark of the Obama administration, Obamacare, the controversial bill that overhauled our health care system, violated the Constitution.
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4/5/12
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In one of its first orders of business in the new legislative session, the State Senate passed the Job Creation and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2011 on Jan. 19. Supporters of the three-part plan say it will encourage the creation of new private-sector jobs with a tax credit, ensure fiscal responsibility with the enactment of a 2 percent state spending cap and require a two-thirds “super-majority” vote to increase taxes if the Assembly, and then voters, approve a constitutional amendment.
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Judy Rattner
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1/26/11
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Hundreds of thousands of temporary census workers are knocking on millions of doors in their neighborhoods across the country as the U.S. Census Bureau continues its efforts to count everyone living in the United States.
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5/20/10
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Assembly Republicans held a town hall meeting on April 29 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Hicksville calling on voters to call for a New York State Constitutional Convention next year. …
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Sari Zeidler
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5/12/10
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So the Tea Party came and went on Tax Day, and yes, the nation survived. Of late, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this movement. What is it, precisely?
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Scott Brinton
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4/23/10
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Eight years after Sept. 11, our hearts remain heavy from the tremendous loss we suffered. Now, thanks to the irresponsible decision by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, New Yorkers will suffer again.
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Al D'Amato
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11/26/09
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At the invitation of his sister-in-law, Kristen (Schaefer) Hamid, Chris Browne, local attorney and candidate for the Nassau County Legislature, visited several South Side Middle School 6th grade Social Studies classes on "Constitution Day" last month.
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11/11/09
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