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Citizen-initiated amendment: Amendment 3, would legalize possession of up to 3 ounces of recreational cannabis for adults aged 21 and over, allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, process and distribute cannabis products. This amendment failed.
Under the incorporation doctrine, Supreme Court cases found that individual amendments applied to the states. The few times the Supreme Court has cited the Third Amendment in decisions, it was in consideration of general constitutional principles—particularly privacy rights. Chief among them is the decision in Griswold v.
An initiated constitutional amendment is an amendment to a state's constitution that results from petitioning by a state's citizens. By utilizing this initiative process, citizens can propose and vote on constitutional amendments directly, without need of legislative referral. When a sufficient number of citizens have signed a petition ...
In a hearing today, December 4, pro-abortion groups stood toe to toe with the state attorney general's office as both sides tried to interrupt what voters decided on election night.
The amendment was proposed after the Shelby County v. Holder case overruled parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and in light of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. [66] Many key aspects of the amendment were incorporated into the proposed For the People Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. [67]
Jul. 7—Issue 1, up for a statewide vote on Aug. 8, proposes making it harder to pass a constitutional amendment and making it harder for citizen-initiated amendments to get on the ballot in the ...
Members of 16 state legislatures have called for a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court's decision. [98] Most of these are non-binding resolutions, but three states—Vermont, California, and Illinois—called for an Article V Convention to draft and propose a federal constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
Amendment 3 seeks to legalize recreational marijuana, allowing those 21 and older to have up to 3 ounces and up to 5 grams of cannabis concentrate. It still needs to receive a supermajority or 60% ...