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1. Yeeha! This week’s edition of #50Weeks50Constitutions take us to the #LoneStarState. Texas’ constitutional history begins before it joined the union. After gaining independence from Mexico the Republic of Texas adopted its own constitution.
2. 59 delegates met in San Antonio to draft a Declaration of Independence from Mexico & a Constitution. The drafters were heavily influence by the U.S. Constitution, as is evident from the preamble, & the overall structure was comparable to other constitutions of the day.
3. The drafters placed the Declaration of Rights first in the constitution gave it 17 sections of mostly standard rights. Though, this independent constitution had both a “proto-Baby Ninth Amendment” & a Baby 10th Amendment. Learn more here:

libraries.mercer.edu/ursa/handle/10…
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