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"Declaration of Rights (Massachusetts)"


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Predicate Object
adoptedOn 1780
appliesToJurisdiction Massachusetts
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
author John Adams
containsPrinciple checks and balances
containsPrinciple government by consent of the governed
containsPrinciple popular sovereignty
containsPrinciple rule of law
containsPrinciple separation of powers
country United States of America
draftedBy Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780
enforcedBy Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
surface form: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
follows natural rights philosophy
function guarantees fundamental civil liberties
function serves as bill of rights for citizens of Massachusetts
function sets out basic principles of government
guaranteesRight due process of law
guaranteesRight equal protection of the laws
guaranteesRight freedom of religion
guaranteesRight freedom of speech
guaranteesRight freedom of the press
guaranteesRight protection against cruel or unusual punishments
guaranteesRight protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
guaranteesRight right to assemble
guaranteesRight right to petition the government
guaranteesRight right to trial by jury
hasLegalEffect binding on all branches of Massachusetts state government
hasPart Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
surface form: Article I of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
hasPart Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
surface form: Article II of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
hasPart subsequent numbered articles defining specific rights
influenced Bill of Rights
surface form: United States Bill of Rights
influenced other U.S. state constitutions
inspiredBy English Bill of Rights
surface form: English Bill of Rights of 1689
inspiredBy Virginia Declaration of Rights
instanceOf constitutional bill of rights
instanceOf section of a state constitution
language English
legalStatus binding constitutional law
location Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
surface form: Preamble and Part the First of the Massachusetts Constitution
partOf Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
prohibits bills of attainder
prohibits ex post facto laws
prohibits hereditary offices
recognizes right to be secure in persons, houses, papers, and possessions
recognizes right to bear arms subject to regulation
states all people are born free and equal
subject civil liberties
subject human rights
subject structure of government