1. CHAPTER THREE STATE CONSTITUTIONS

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 2 The Evolution of State Constitutions The First State Constitutions Legislative Supremacy The Growth of Executive Power

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 3 Weaknesses of Constitutions Excessive Length Problems of Substance

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 4 Table 3.1 State Constitutions

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 5 Table 3.1 State Constitutions (continued)

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 6 Constitutional Reform The Model State Constitution Bill of Rights –Power of the State –Suffrage and Election –The Legislative Branch –The Executive Branch –The Judicial Branch –Finance –Local –Public Education –Civil Service –Intergovernmental Relations –Constitutional Revision Constitutions Today

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 7 Methods for Constitutional Change Informal Constitutional Change Formal Constitutional Change –Legislative Proposal –Initiative –Constitutional Convention –Constitutional Commission

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 8 Table 3.3 States Authorizing Constitutional Amendment by Citizen Initiative

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 9 Table 3.3 States Authorizing Constitutional Amendment by Citizen Initiative (continued)