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View of William A. Burkhardt praying at a meeting of the Montana Constitutional Convention, on January 17, 1972, in the Montana House Chamber in the State Capitol building in Helena, Montana. Constitutional Convention Officers. L to R: Dorothy Eck, John Toole, Leo Graybill, Jr., Jean Bowman, and Bruce Brown.
The Montana Constitution can be amended with a legislative, citizen-initiated, or covention-referred constitutional amendment, all of which require voter approval. A state constitution is the fundamental document that outlines a state's framework for governance, including the powers, structure, and limitations of the state government, individual and civil rights, and other matters.
The Constitution of the State of Montana is the primary legal document providing for the self-governance of the U.S. State of Montana. It establishes and defines the powers of the three branches of the government of Montana, and the rights of its citizens. Its provisions are sovereign within the state, subject only to the limits imposed by the ...
The Montana Constitution Collection is a project of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center and the Blewett School of Law. It contains a record of Montana’s constitutional history leading through the 1972 Constitutional Convention. In the rush to ratify a constitution while political conditions were favorable to statehood, the 1889 ...
Mar 21, 2022 · In observance of the 50th anniversary of the delegates’ adoption of the document, Montana Free Press this week presents a series of articles exploring the state Constitution’s history, legacy, influence and future. Today: As it turns 50, is Montana’s “progressive” state Constitution facing a…. by Eric Dietrich 03.21.202203.18.2024.
Mar 21, 2022 · In observance of the 50th anniversary of the delegates’ adoption of the document, Montana Free Press this week presents a series of articles exploring the state Constitution’s history, legacy, influence and future. The 1972 convention that produced Montana’s current state Constitution was by all accounts a watershed moment in the state ...
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Mar 15, 2022 · After 54 working days the newly drafted Constitution was signed by all 100 delegates and submitted to the people for a ratification vote. Over 73 days of campaigning, the proposed Constitution was debated before Montana voters. Opposition was well-financed, mostly by those who had profited from favorable provisions in the 1889 Constitution.
