The Constitution of 1869 (reconstruction)
Granted full rights and privileges to former slaves
Not considered a function of a constitution
Establish the role of parties and interest groups
Fundamental law by which a state is organized and governed is
its constitution
The Bill of Rights of the Texas Constitution
protects some rights not protected in the US constitution
Group charged with interpreting the meaning of the Texas Constitution
The members of the judiciary
In 1974, a Constitutional convention was convened to rewrite the Texas constitution. The result was
The convention could not agree on a new constitution to propose to the voters
The primary objective of the authors of the 1876 Texas Constitution was to
Undo everything the previous government had done
Was NOT included in the legislative proposals to revise the Texas constitution submitted to the voters in 1975
Change election of judges to appointments
The constitution of 1876
Allowed very few elections
The probability that Texas will completely rewrite their constitution
is very slim (unlikely)
In order to submit a constitutional amendment to the voters for ratification, the legislature must
propose an amendment by 2/3 in each chamber
about how many times has the Texas Constitution been amended
480
Relative to the US constitution, the constitution of texas
has been amended (changed) more often
A judge who changes the meaning of the constitution by his own interpretation of its words
is within his legal rights as a judge
One of the reasons for the failure of the 1974 convention to write a new texas constitution
the overwhelming power of interest groups
The influence of the farmers (Grange) is evident in the 1876 constitution in
limitations on banks (foreclosure and franchising)
The convention that wrote our current Texas constitution
was dominated by democrats
Which constitution least reflected the values and interests usually associated with Texas?
a) 1836 (Nationhood)
b) 1876 (Texas const)
c) 1869 (Reconstruction) CORRECT
d) 1827 (Mexican
What did the authors of the constitution of the nation of Texas (1836) have in common with the authors who wrote the constitution under which we are currently governed?
a) They were almost all business persons or attorneys
b) They were primarily from the southern regions of the US CORRECT
c) They were mostly republicans
d) All the answers