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Declaration of Independence Annapolis 1786 Federalist No. 10 Federalist No. 39 Federalist No. 42 Federalist No. 43
Federalist No. 45 Federalist No. 49 Federalist No. 85 James Madison
June 6,
1787
James Wilson
1790-1791
Gettysburg Address
Preamble Article I
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Article I
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Article I Section 3 Clause 6 Article I Section 8 Clause 18 Article I Section 10 Clause 3
Article IV Article V Article VII Amendment I Amendment X Extracts from State Constitutions
Ludlow 1938 Koupal 1977 Hoekstra 1994 Canady-Bliley 1998 PST&T v Oregon 1912 Cooley - People's Sovereignty
Apply by Initiative for Convention  Ratification by State Referenda Mullen v Howell 1919 Herbring v Brown 1919 Maine Opinion of the Justices 1919 Hawke v Smith 1920
Term Limits v Thornton 1995 Philadelphia II v. Gregoire 1996 Line Item Veto Clinton v NY 1998 CRS Report Durbin May, 1995 Cities with Initiatives States with Initiatives
States with Referendums Public Support for Initiatives California Citizens' Assembly How Democratic Was Athens? E-voting and Elections Contingency Initiative Estimate
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Amendment X of the U.S. Constitution
Powers of the States and the People

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. The first power reserved by the People is the Initiative.


Note: Text added by Section 1.1 of this Amendment is shown as brown underlined characters. It is the appropriate point to start this Initiatives Amendment, and follows the design of many of the State Constitutions.

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