State Ex Rel. Gill v. Morris

Citations

• 191 P. 364
• 79 Okla. 89
• 1920 OK 264
• 1920 Okla. LEXIS 29

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p> <p>Constitutional Law — Amendment of Federal Constitution — Ratification by States — State Referendum.</p> <p>Referendum provisions of state Constitutions and statutes cannot be applied in the ratification or rejection of amendments to the federal Constitution without violating the requirement of article 5 of such Constitution, that such ratification shall be by the Legislatures of the several states, or by conventions therein, as Congress shall decide.</p>