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PO 202
Spring 2017
Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Rhode Island,Vermont
INSTRUCTIONS
With your group, research and prepare a short report to the
class about their state’s constitution, being careful to note:
1) Bill of Rights or Declaration of Freedoms
2) Description of Legislative, Executive, Judicial Branches
3) Amendment Process
4) InterestingThings
 Constitutions establish:
 Structure of Government
 Powers of Institutions (Branches)
 Rules of Policy-Making
 Historic and Living Documents
 Impact on Citizen Attitudes
 What are constitutions?
 Codified Constitution
 Written document
 Specific sections or articles
 Uncodified Constitution
 Collection of laws, customs,
norms, traditions
 Informal nature
 #1: Definite
 #2: Comprehensive
 #3: Brief
 #4: Durable and Elastic
 #5: Fundamental Rights
 #6: Suitable
U.S. CONSTITUTION STATE CONSTITUTIONS
 Tenth Amendment
 Power to States and People
Grants limited authority to
Congress through exclusive powers.
U.S. CONSTITUTION
 Stable document
 Amended 27 times
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
 Replaced much more often
U.S. CONSTITUTION
 7, 400 words
 SevenArticles
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
 Average of 26,000 words
 One constitution is only
8, 565 words long, while
another is 376,000 words!
U.S. CONSTITUTION
 Vague document
 Influence of Framers
 Politicized System
 POTUSAuthority
 Judicial Involvement
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
 More detailed
 Focus on specific policies
TheTexas
Constitution
in 1876
provided for
homestead
grants for
individiduals
and families.
U.S. CONSTITUTION
 “Tyranny of the Majority”
 Creation of Representative
Democracy
 Example: U.S. Senators
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
 Progressive Era
 Promotion of Direct
Democracy
U.S. CONSTITUTION
 Current U.S. National Debt
STATE CONSTITUTIONS
 49 of 50 states require
balanced budgets (VT)
 Topic of discussion in State
of State Addresses
 Granted to colonies by English Kings
 What is a constitution?
 What happens after colonial independence?
The Massachusetts State
Constitution is the oldest
functional written constitution
in the modern world.
 Concentration of Power in Legislatures
 Initial Limited Gubernatorial Power
 Elected by State Legislature
 SingleTerm in Office
 Increase in Gubernatorial Power
 Changing Society and Legislative Failings
 LongerTerms in Office
 Ability toVeto Legislation
 Ability of Succession—Institutional Knowledge
The Civil war saw massive
constitutional change at the
subnational level.
Constitutions were replaced by
Confederate states then revised
for readmittance into the Union.
 Reformers promoted many changes
Seventeenth
Amendment
Eighteenth
Amendment
Nineteenth
Amendment
 Four MainVersions
 Follows U.S. Constitution with
influences from OH, IN, and KY
 Article XIV and Constitutional
Convention
 #1: Legislative Proposals
 #2: Initiatives and Referendums
 #3: Constitutional Conventions
 #4: Constitutional Commissions
ADVANTAGES
 Responsiveness and
Accountability
 Concerns to Public
 Encourages Policy Debates
 StimulatesVoter Interest
 IncreasesTrust in
Govenrment
DISADVANTAGES
 “Tyranny of the Majority”
 Unwise Policies
 Voters Lack Knowledge
 No Alternative Policies or
Amendments
 General Distrust

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PO 202 State Consitutions

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  • 3. Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Rhode Island,Vermont
  • 4. INSTRUCTIONS With your group, research and prepare a short report to the class about their state’s constitution, being careful to note: 1) Bill of Rights or Declaration of Freedoms 2) Description of Legislative, Executive, Judicial Branches 3) Amendment Process 4) InterestingThings
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  • 7.  Constitutions establish:  Structure of Government  Powers of Institutions (Branches)  Rules of Policy-Making  Historic and Living Documents  Impact on Citizen Attitudes
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  • 9.  What are constitutions?  Codified Constitution  Written document  Specific sections or articles  Uncodified Constitution  Collection of laws, customs, norms, traditions  Informal nature
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  • 11.  #1: Definite  #2: Comprehensive  #3: Brief  #4: Durable and Elastic  #5: Fundamental Rights  #6: Suitable
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  • 14. U.S. CONSTITUTION STATE CONSTITUTIONS  Tenth Amendment  Power to States and People Grants limited authority to Congress through exclusive powers.
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  • 16. U.S. CONSTITUTION  Stable document  Amended 27 times STATE CONSTITUTIONS  Replaced much more often
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  • 18. U.S. CONSTITUTION  7, 400 words  SevenArticles STATE CONSTITUTIONS  Average of 26,000 words  One constitution is only 8, 565 words long, while another is 376,000 words!
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  • 20. U.S. CONSTITUTION  Vague document  Influence of Framers  Politicized System  POTUSAuthority  Judicial Involvement STATE CONSTITUTIONS  More detailed  Focus on specific policies TheTexas Constitution in 1876 provided for homestead grants for individiduals and families.
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  • 22. U.S. CONSTITUTION  “Tyranny of the Majority”  Creation of Representative Democracy  Example: U.S. Senators STATE CONSTITUTIONS  Progressive Era  Promotion of Direct Democracy
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  • 24. U.S. CONSTITUTION  Current U.S. National Debt STATE CONSTITUTIONS  49 of 50 states require balanced budgets (VT)  Topic of discussion in State of State Addresses
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  • 26.  Granted to colonies by English Kings  What is a constitution?  What happens after colonial independence? The Massachusetts State Constitution is the oldest functional written constitution in the modern world.
  • 27.  Concentration of Power in Legislatures  Initial Limited Gubernatorial Power  Elected by State Legislature  SingleTerm in Office  Increase in Gubernatorial Power  Changing Society and Legislative Failings  LongerTerms in Office  Ability toVeto Legislation  Ability of Succession—Institutional Knowledge
  • 28. The Civil war saw massive constitutional change at the subnational level. Constitutions were replaced by Confederate states then revised for readmittance into the Union.
  • 29.  Reformers promoted many changes Seventeenth Amendment Eighteenth Amendment Nineteenth Amendment
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  • 31.  Four MainVersions  Follows U.S. Constitution with influences from OH, IN, and KY  Article XIV and Constitutional Convention
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  • 33.  #1: Legislative Proposals  #2: Initiatives and Referendums  #3: Constitutional Conventions  #4: Constitutional Commissions
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  • 35. ADVANTAGES  Responsiveness and Accountability  Concerns to Public  Encourages Policy Debates  StimulatesVoter Interest  IncreasesTrust in Govenrment DISADVANTAGES  “Tyranny of the Majority”  Unwise Policies  Voters Lack Knowledge  No Alternative Policies or Amendments  General Distrust