Louisiana Constitution Art. 1 Sec. 26 – State Sovereignty
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Terms Used In Louisiana Constitution Art. 1 Sec. 26
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Section 26. The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free and sovereign state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in congress assembled.
Acts 1997, No. 1494, §1, approved Oct. 3, 1998, eff. Nov. 5, 1998.