Central Principles Of Texas Constitution

The central principle of the constitution is guidance of a people through governance, in relations with other governments, relations with its own citizens, commerce etc. The constitution of the United States is a written document. This document strongly emphasizes a strong streak of independence from control of a central authority. This is not surprising especially because the U.S. constitution was written in strong alignment with a United States fresh from independence from the British monarchy. The British Monarchy had increasingly imposed punitive laws on its subjects in the American colonies such as the imposition of taxes. A new tea tax was introduced to the American colonies in New England. This action did not prove very popular and led

Problems soon started when farmers ran into large debts and threats to repossess their property by financial institutions were not addressed by the central government. A convention was formed to address farmers’ debts and the power of financial institutions. Citizens wanted a constitution that nurtured trade, growth, and commerce but at the same time protect private property, while spreading national interests’ abroad. This culminated in a framework that would limit powers of the central government. This framework led to a creation of a system of checks and balances within the government through separation of powers by creation of three branches such as the legislature, executive and Judiciary. In addition, Federalism and the bill of rights were not far behind.

The Texas constitution heavily borrows its framework from the U.S. constitution. The Texas constitution consists of separation of powers and the bill of rights (the first ten amendments of the constitution), just like the U.S constitution. The aim is to reign the power of the governments and

The Texas legislature elects its representatives to its lower house for two years, just like their counterparts in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the state senate, they get a mandate of four years, while U.S. senators can stay for six years. In both constitutions, senators and representatives can run for elections as many times as they can win. Sometimes many have retired and re-run again. Many citizens argue that these are the excesses that both constitutions were trying to avoid. In some measure, the U.S. constitution can borrow from the state constitution and make the business of the nation’s bicameral house part-time with per diem payments. Reportedly, politicians put this measure in place in the Texas constitution to limit reliance on Texas citizen tax dollars. Unfortunately, since the U.S. constitution contains the supremacy clause, i.e. the U.S. constitution as the supreme law of the land and they are fifty other states, overseas territories, the U.S. bicameral house has to stay busier. McGinnis and Rappaport (2002) argue in an article in the Texas Law Review, that the issue of bicameralism i.e. two houses may actually be a misnomer since during certain election cycles, one party may end up with a majority of both houses. In the state of Texas, this has almost certainly been the case since Reconstruction. The Republicans have always had an upper hand in both houses. Thus, a bicameral