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Equal footing

The equal footing doctrine, also known as equality of the states, is the principle in United States constitutional law that all states admitted to the Union under the Constitution since 1789 enter on equal footing with the 13 states already in the Union at that time. The Constitution grants to Congress the power to admit new states in Article IV, Section…

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Equal footing

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Equal footing → At, Congress, Constitution, Constitutional Convention, Hagan, It, Kentucky, Lessee, Once, Pollard, States, Supreme Court, Thus, Vermont, With
related to United States v. Holt State Bank · 7
Equal footing → Holt State Bank, In United States, Minnesota, Mud Lake, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Supreme Court, The Supreme Court

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