Reasons for lengthy constitutions
Politics ;)
Because it is EASIER and CHEAPER to AMEND a state constitution rather than rewrite one and have it approved by the people of the state.
Which delegates voted to ratify the constitutions and their reasons for doing so? Thomas Jefferson
It was over the constitutions.
One of the reasons they wrote their own constitutions was because they hadn't established a religion yet. One of the reasons they wrote their own constitutions was because they hadn't established a religion yet.
This topic is the subject of more than several books and encyclopedia-length articles and is far too lengthy to be addressed or handled on this venue.
States wanted written constitutions for two main reasons. First, a written constitution would spell out the rights of all citizens. Second, it would set limits on the power of the government. Are you working out of the American Nation textbook too?It is amazing
Tennessee has had two constitutions.
Minnesota has had 2 constitutions.
Pennsylvannia has had 4 constitutions
The state constitutions were intended to do what
what are the state constitutions charters or straightjakets.