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The link below is my CP Timesheet :) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWHiA9OW6ApLO7DCQsPOY8wstWlhwv8QFjFBwCJLq7o/edit?usp=sharing

Find and summarize a case study about an effort to update or challenge a state constitution. If your CP has engaged in this kind of advocacy, you may use your CP as an example. While researching, I have a found a couple of articles that show some states trying to  change their constitution. The state that I saw that was the most recent would probably be Tennessee. The sate of Tennessee is calling for a Article V, which is trying to get their constitution altered. They are trying to have an Article V resolution so a convention could appear. Researching some more I also noticed that the resolution did indeed happen and it went to an effect already. After it passes the House, it was later signed by Tennessee's Gov. Bill Haslam. What i've also noticed while researching is that many other states I saw was doing the same thing in a way. I kept noticing that it said that Tennessee was the 34 state to called for an Article V, so many other states had ...

Defining subsidiarity in my own words is, giving the lowest institutions support where they most need it.  The definition of devolution is almost the same as subsidiarity. It is, the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by a central government to local or regional administration. I believe that subsidiarity and devolution somewhat means the same. Devolution branches off of the idea of subsidiarity. They both tend to give the lower level of institutions more power where they most need it. Both ideas focuses on helping and tending to other people to gain power. It was said in the handout that the principle of subsidiarily is to respect the "alliances" that people have formed with their neighbors. It seems like everyone knows that there are levels of subsidiarity so no one oversteps their boundaries and only tends to help others when needed.