¶ … flaws in the Constitution for the State of Texas and also compares it with a few neighboring states that experience the same problems in implementing the Constitution and has to constantly undergo revisions of the provisions that require it.
Constitution of Texas
There is a never-ending debate over which amendments of the constitution of Texas need revision, either partly or completely. Legislation at state level make three kinds of mistakes when it comes to framing the constitution of a state on a more or less formal basis. The first one is that the reformers expect some kind of miracles to occur so therefore underestimate the value of the existing papers and overestimate the documents of other states forgetting that the U.S. constitution did not come into existence overnight but is a product of evolutionary hard work. Second reason, they choose to rewrite constitutions is because they think that the new constitution can help to reform the political infrastructure. Although, in reality the opposite happens. The third fault lies in the fact that it is assumed that if the majority of the political parties favor revision, the policy changes would benefit the state. What we need to concentrate on is the fact that the current constitution of Texas is not able to cater for an automated and effective state government.
The constitution of Texas was adopted in 1876 and since then has been revised 377 times. The constitution in many ways is ridiculous, and outdated, often proves to be trivial and sometimes...
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