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1 John Dinan, Constitutional Amendment Processes in the 50 States: States Offer Multiple Paths for Amending Their Constitutions, Which Are Much Easier to Change than the Federal Constitution 1 (2023)

handle is hein.statecon/coampro0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Constitutional Amendment Processes in the 50 States I State Court Report 1TT7CRREOT / K ( 1~i;iiifIl~ I Constitutional Amendment Processes in the 50 States States offer multiple paths for amending their constitutions, which are much easier to change than the federal Constitution. By John Dinan Published: July 24, 2023 Alabama Louisiana South Carolina California Tennessee Kentucky Indiana Illinois Rhode Island The U.S. Constitution is difficult to change and has only been amended 27 times. State constitutions, on the other hand, are much easier to modify, and state constitutional amendments are adopted on a regular basis. The current constitutions of the 50 states have been amended around 7O00 times. States vary in how often they amend their constitutions. The constitutions of Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas, and California are amended more than https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/constitutional-amendment-processes-50-states 11 /15/24, 4:00 PM 1/9