Discuss general similarities and differences between your state constitution and the U.S. Constitution (in terms of government structure and document structure).
This question should be familiar to many of you. This is asking about the length, structure, what exactly is covered, how the government is set up, and specific or vague it is.
Report on whether your state constitution includes a statement or bill of rights. Summarize the kinds of rights that are protected. How do they compare with the protections in the U.S. Bill of
Rights, specifically the unalienable rights?
Here I think it would be best to have a general portion talking about the rights in general and then a separate part talking about the unalienable rights? Unalienable rights are basically rights that
should be given to all people because they are people regardless of time, culture, customs, etc.
Choose two specific unalienable rights, one that is explicitly mentioned in your state constitution and one that is implied. Why are those rights important? What are the exact words? Use quotes
from the document in your writing. Do you think your state constitution protects the people of your state more or less than the U.S. Constitution? Why the difference?
Assess the merit of explicit versus general constitutional language in the protection of rights. Determine whether your state or the U.S. Constitution provides more comprehensive protections of
the rights you chose. Is one way more preferable than another? Why? Use specific language from your state constitution and the U.S. Constitution to prove your case. Why do you think authors of
your state constitution wrote it like this?
