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The Guarantee Clause of Article 4 of the Constitution states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." These two provisions indicate states did not surrender their wide latitude to adopt a constitution, the fundamental documents of state law, when the U.S. Constitution was adopted.
State legislative branch Lower house Upper house Ratio Total size Name Size Term length (years) Term limit Name Size Term length (years) Term limit Filibuster possible Lower to Upper house size Alabama Legislature: Alabama House of Representatives: 105 4 None Alabama Senate: 35 4 None 3 140 Alaska Legislature: Alaska House of Representatives ...
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In 19 states, the state constitutions have been amended at least 100 times. [8] Amendments are often necessary because of the length of state constitutions, which are, on average, three times longer than the federal constitution, and because state constitutions typically contain extensive detail. [8]
U.S. state constitutional amendments (7 C, 74 P) State constitutional officers of the United States (13 C, 3 P) Constitutions of insular areas of the United States (1 C, 3 P)
The United States comprises 50 states: 9 of the Thirteen Colonies that were already part of the United States at the time the Constitution took effect in 1789, 4 that ratified the Constitution after its commencement, plus 37 that have been admitted since by Congress as authorized under Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.
2024 State & Legislative Partisan Composition. As of August 2, 2024. National Conference of State Legislatures. [1] STATE Total Seats Total Senate Senate Dem. Senate Rep. Senate other Total House House Dem. House Rep. House other Leg. Control Gov. Party State Control Alabama 140 35 8 27 105 28 76 1v Rep Rep Rep Alaska 60 20 9 11 40 13 22 5 Rep ...
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.