Add or remove the comma after “Const.”
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
Illinois writes “U.S. Const., amend. XIV” with a comma and the national form writes it without one, so the punctuation follows the court the document is filed in.1
- 1Style Manual for the Supreme and Appellate Courts of Illinois pt. III(B)(11); R. 11 Constitutions; B11 Constitutions.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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