State Constitution Archives

HOHENSEE: Fundamental Rights Matter

April 10, 2026 Doris Hohensee

Stolen Rights over Public Education Without consent, government has no legitimacy. In 1968, our fundamental rights over public education were stolen by an amendment to the NH Constitution. Usually, amendments enshrine or expand our rights. It’s very unusual to remove fundamental rights from a state constitution, let alone do it by stealth. In an effort … Read more

Vermont is About to Enshrine Reproductive Liberty into Its Constitution – Whatever That Means

November 10, 2022October 9, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Vermont has a measure on the ballot to amend its State Constitution. Prop 5, which would add article 22 on Reproductive Liberty, does not include the word abortion, but advocates hope that what they wrote will mean that, and it has a lot of support, but not many people understand what it means.

The New Hampshire State Constitution on The NH State Web Site is Still Wrong

April 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We’ve been back and forth with the state over the accuracy of the State Constitution (as displayed) on the state Website. We were assured it had been fixed, and while the new Article 2-b now appears where it should the text that has been added is incorrect.

GrokTALK! – School Choice in Croydon, NH Part II

July 15, 2024April 16, 2015 Steve MacDonald

We continue our discussion with Jody Underwood about how Croydon, NH discovered a taxpayer funded School voucher program already in existing New Hampshire law, we cover what the state constitution actually says about education, and what State School Board chair Virgina Barry tried to leave out of that debate when she insisted Croydon stop their … Read more

May 25th GrokTALK! Guest Segment – John Hikel

September 26, 2018May 26, 2013 Steve MacDonald

In this segment of GrokTALK! we are joined by John Hikel, NH House Rep, on when government doesn’t work, holding legislators accountable, who the real extremists are, Constitutions, oaths, and obligations and the road back to them if such a road exists. Listen Here http://granitegrok.com/GrokTalk/By-Snippets/05-25-13%20Full%20Podcast.mp3 Download this segment here You can get links to other … Read more

Question with respect to the proposed state constitution educational amendment

November 17, 2024May 3, 2012 Skip

Damn. There is one hell of a row going on at the excellent RLCNH email discussion list over the proposed state constitutional amendment regarding education—CACR12—which, one way or another, will put the responsibility

It's about educating the next generation, not expanding government....

for implementing and funding a “state system” of education in the hands of the state legislature, not the towns (where it has traditionally and historically resided).

More importantly, the battle is heating up amongst the best, smartest, and most activist political players in the state, i.e. the movement conservatives, the libertarians, the Tea Partiers, the Constitutionalists, the libertarian-conservatives, and others.

Some are….

Brunelle Is A Distraction

September 26, 2018January 10, 2011 Steve MacDonald

My previous post on the pending investigation of Mike Brunelle was to poke fun at the lefts hypocrisy on the influence of money, anticipate the caterwauling, and suggest a course for clarifying the meaning of the text. In the intervening days, it seems obvious that I left some points out, some made by democrats.