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.
Few are sent to the states for approval, and even fewer are ratified. Since the adoption of the Bill of Rights in 1791, the Constitution has been amended only 17 times, an average of about one amendment every 13 years. In fact, we havenât had a new amendment since 1992, making us a few years overdue for some new ink on our governing document.