Comparison of the Us & Ohio State Constitutions

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Abstract My paper in summary describes the differences between the United State’s Constitution and the State of Ohio’s Constitution. Many of the differences were found in the Bill of Rights within each document. Along with the comparisons and contrasts of the Bill of Rights within the two, many differences were found within the governmental structure between the two forms of government, the federal and state constitutions. During my research I was able to find out which had the bigger amount of rights, whether it was the federal side or the state side. In conclusion, my paper helped me learn more about the United State’s Constitution as well as the original Ohio Constitution. In the year of 1787, approximately 226 years ago, the United States Constitution was born. In relevance to the birth of the U.S. Constitution, the Constitution of the State of Ohio was born a mere 64 years later, in the year of 1851. The two documents compare in numerous ways. Ways such as certain rights that are listed within the two documents. Although both the documents compare, they also contrast greatly such as in their provision of governmental structures. There are many rights that the State of Ohio holds that the U.S. Constitution does not. There are also amendments within the Ohio Constitution that are not listed within the U.S. Constitution as well. Due to the larger size of the Ohio Constitution, there are many amendments that appear to be unusual, in other words, are parts of the document that you wouldn’t expect to be part of their constitution. In summary, the United States Constitution and the Ohio Constitution compare and contrast within either/or their rights, amendments, and governmental structures. During the process of researching both Constitutions, there were numerous similarities and differences within the documents’ “Bill of Rights” as
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