Miriam Seifter & Jessica Bulman-Pozen, The Right to Amend State Constitutions, 133 Yale L.J. F. 191 (2023).
Abstract
This Essay explores the people’s right to amend state constitutions and threats to that right today. It explains how democratic proportionality review can help courts distinguish unconstitutional infringement of the right from legitimate regulation. More broadly, the Essay considers the distinctive state constitutional architecture that popular amendment illuminates.
