Saturday, October 9, 2010

How do the articles of the Georgia Constitution compare with the articles of the US Constitution?

Both the
Georgia Constitution and the US Constitution contain a Bill of Rights which is designed to
safeguard the liberties of the people. The Georgia Constitution gives some limits as to how arms
can be borne by the peoplethe US Constitution does not state this explicitly. The Georgia
Constitution also states how many people can sit on a jury (twelve); the US Constitution only
gives one the right to a trial by jury. There is also mention of regulating fishing and hunting
in the Georgia Constitution. This does not exist in the US Constitution.

The
US Constitution makes no mention of marriage. The Georgia Constitution states that only
marriages between one man and one woman are recognized by the state. This is in section 4,
paragraph 1, and it is controversial as same-sex marriage is recognized according to federal
law.

The Georgia Constitution, like the US Constitution makes mention of the
three branches of governmentlegislative, executive, and judicial. Overall, the Georgia
state...

href="http://www.senate.ga.gov/Documents/gaconstitution.pdf">http://www.senate.ga.gov/Documents/gaconstitution.pdf

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