Assertion: u.s.'s state | /r/HasProperty | sovereign
Facets:
value: under the constitution
type: OTHER
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the area of law enforcement
type: LOCATION
value: in their own right
type: OTHER
value: with separate laws
type: OTHER
value: with charters
type: OTHER
value: individually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The sovereign states of the union being individually sovereign with their own constitution or charters or separate laws based on the Constitution of the United States.
text: According to numerous decisions of the United States Supreme Court, the 50 individual states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions.
text: The states are semi-sovereign republics in their own right and maintain much control over their internal affairs with issues such as public transport and law enforcement generally being the domain of state governments (although the Federal government often works with states in these areas).
text: Each such state is a sovereign nation with jurisdiction of the air, land, and sea associated with it.
text: A state is said to be "sovereign," if any of its ruling inhabitants are the supreme authority over it; the concept is distinct from mere land-title or "ownership.
text: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist explained that "States historically have been sovereign" in the area of law enforcement, which in the Court's opinion required narrow interpretations of the Commerce Clause and Fourteenth Amendment.
text: On numerous occasions the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the 50 individual states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions under the Constitution.
text: States are semi-sovereign republics under the federal government of the United States, and possess a number of powers and rights under the United States Constitution, such as regulating intrastate commerce, holding elections, creating local governments, and ratifying constitutional amendments.