POLS 207 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Constitutionalism
22 Sep 2016
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Constitutions have many purposes to them, or seem to have multiple purposes: contain principles worth fighting for or against, govern the government"s, set forth the structure and organization of the government, distribute powers among the different branches, prescribe the rules by which different decisions will be made, limit the powers of government and protect the citizens rights (most important) Throughout the states, there are four methods of constitutional change/amendments: legislative proposal: amendments passed by state legislature and then voted on by individuals for approval (found in all states, popular initiative: specific number of voters petition to get an amendment put on the ballot (available in 17 of the 50 states, constitutional convention: legislatures submit to voters for calling a convention to then make revisions and submitted to vote on (available in at least 41 out of the 50 states, constitutional commission"s: created by legislatures to recommend changes to the state legislature or directly to voters.
