QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS
1. What is the significance of the "Revolutionary constitutions"? (Guitteau, page 86.) 2. What is the relation of present-day state constitutions to the original colonial charters? (Munro, page 404.) 3. Distinguish between the "constituent" and the "law-making" power. (Munro, page 405.) 4. Into what two parts may the early state constitutions be divided? (Guitteau, page 86.) 5. Discuss the check and balance system as provided for in the constitutions of the various states. (Guitteau, page 89.) 6. What authority controls the admission of new states into the Union? (Beard, pages 443-445.) 7. What does the constitution of Oklahoma say concerning the writ of habeas corpus? (Beard, page 449.) 8. Describe the procedure in a constitutional convention. (Munro, pages 410-411.) 9. What is the relation of the state constitution to the state courts? (Beard, pages 452-453.) 10. Enumerate the principles which commonly govern the attitude of the state courts toward the acts of the state legislature. (Beard, pages 452-453.)