State Constitutions and the Texas Constitution

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This section introduces you to state constitutions. If you took 2305, you would have been introduced to the concept of constitutions, the U.S. Constitution especially. Here we look more closely at what state constitutions are all about with the obvious point made that they predate the national document and provided examples about what works and doesn't work. We will note that they tend to be very long and detailed. Attention then shifts to the various constitutions Texas had from the 1820's to 1876. To the degree possible we will also try to make sense of the almost 500 amendments added to it since then. Be thankful that we will not read every word.

Posts:

- State Constitutions.
- Texas Constitution.
- Texas Constitutional Amendments.