Alaska land reserve petroleum leasing rights ruling [US DC] News
Alaska land reserve petroleum leasing rights ruling [US DC]

National Audubon Society et al. v. Dirk Kempthorne, Secretray of the Interior et al., United States District Court District of Alaska, Judge James K. Singleton Jr., September 25, 2006 [stopping the sale of oil and gas rights on approximately 1.7 million acres of protected land on Alaska's North Slope]. Read the full text of the ruling [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Connecticut adopts first modern constitution

On January 14, 1639, the first written governmental constitution in modern history was adopted in the Colony of Connecticut. The Fundamental Orders represented the first time that a government was based upon a written constitution anywhere in the world. Along with the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders served as bases for the United States Constitution 150 years later, which in turn influenced the development of later constitutions throughout the world. Three hundred and twenty-six years after the original Fundamental Orders were adopted by Connecticut, the modern Constitution of Connecticut was ratified.

Guatemala constitution takes effect

On January 14, 1986, the current constitution of Guatemala took effect.

Read the Spanish-language text of the constitution, as amended in 1993.

First constitution adopted by Connecticut

On January 14, 1639, Connecticut adopted its first constitution, one of the earliest such documents in the American colonies. Review the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.