All Articles tagged constitutional amendments

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 23, 2013 EDT
  DEFINING RIGHTS IN THE STATES: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND POPULAR RESPONSE
  Kenneth P. Miller

  This article examines state-level contests over the definition of rights.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  STATE CONSTITUTIONS AS INTERACTIVE EXPRESSIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL VALUES
  Justin R. Long

  This essay argues that the Oklahoma amendment preventing looking to the law of other nations and cultures offers an example of the use of state constitutions to express the national...

• State Constitutional Commentary
  May 05, 2007 EDT
  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MECHANISMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN NEW YORK AND THE FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE INITIATIVE POWER
  Jerald A. Sharum

  This article tracks the changes made to the mechanisms of constitutional change to identify important themes and considerations that have shaped the power of constitutional change in NY.