1 The first hypothesis is that species are primarily redundant, which means that one species can partially replace another. 2  Many species have the same function, and the loss of one species can therefore be offset by some other species.
The Texas Constitution has the fourth highest number of amendments behind Alabama, California, and South Carolina. State constitutions average about 36,000 words in length, which is approximately four times the length of the Constitution of the United States, whose total length counting amendments is about 7,400 words.
Voters, Ratliff said at the time, know âthat any document that you have to amend 20 times every other year is broke. At least Texasâ Constitution isnât the most unwieldy: Alabama's Constitution, which has been amended 827 times, is more than 340,000 words long. Thatâs three times as long as the longest constitution of a soverign nation, India's.