U.S. states

E87403

constituent political entity federated state

U.S. states are the 50 constituent political entities that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States, each with its own constitution, laws, and governance structure.

Aliases (6)

ISO 3166-2:US ×3
U.S. state governments ×3
state governments of the United States ×2
American states ×1
states of the United States ×1
the States ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent political entity → federated state →
areLimitedBy	Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution →
areMembersOf	Union →
arePartyTo	United States Constitution →
areRecognizedBy	Article IV of the United States Constitution →
areRepresentedIn	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED → United States Senate →
areSubdividedInto	counties or county-equivalents →
areSubjectTo	United States federal law →
canEnact	state statutes →
canIssue	state bonds →
canLevy	state taxes →
canRatify	amendments to the United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
hasConstitution	state constitution →
hasGovernmentBranch	state executive branch → state judicial branch → state legislative branch →
hasLegalSystem	state law →
hasLegislatureType	state legislature →
hasPower	education authority → infrastructure authority → police power → public health authority → taxation power →
haveCapitalCity	state capital →
haveCivilLaw	state civil code →
haveConstitutionalRequirement	republican form of government →
haveCriminalLaw	state criminal code →
haveEducationSystem	public school systems →
haveEqualRepresentationIn	United States Senate →
haveHeadOfGovernmentTitle	governor →
haveJudicialSystem	state courts →
haveOfficialSymbols	state bird → state flag → state flower → state motto → state seal → state song →
havePrimaryResponsibilityFor	public education → state highways → state law enforcement →
haveRepresentationIn	Electoral College →
haveTwoSenatorsEachIn	United States Senate NERFINISHED →
numberOfMembers	50 →
participateIn	United States federal system →
sharesSovereigntyWith	federal government of the United States →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American state constitutions → Flag Day → Fourth International Conference of American States ("American states") → NPVIC →	appliesToJurisdiction
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ("states of the United States") → Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ("state governments of the United States") →	appliesTo
Office of Community Planning and Development ("state governments of the United States") →	collaboratesWith
Virtue, Liberty and Independence →	followsMottoTraditionOf
US-RI ("ISO 3166-2:US") →	hasParentSubdivisionSet
Children's Health Insurance Program ("U.S. state governments") →	implementedBy
US-CT ("ISO 3166-2:US") →	includedIn
Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution →	initiallyNotIncorporatedAgainst
Medicaid ("U.S. state governments") →	jointlyFinancedBy
Iowa-class battleship →	namedAfter
Medicaid ("U.S. state governments") →	operatedBy
National Trust for Historic Preservation →	operatesIn
National Governors Association →	operatesInJurisdiction
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ("the States") →	ratifiedBy
OK ("ISO 3166-2:US") →	relatedCodeSystem
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 →	shiftedAuthorityTo