The Case of Florida: Florida Constitution

While the U.S. Constitutions is not considered a detailed document (8,700 words), many state constitutions are verbose, Georgia’s contained over 583,000 words at one time. The level of complexity in state constitutions may lead to confusion for its constituents. Florida’s Constitution is over 25,000 words long.

Many states such as Maine, Nevada, and Kansas, have only had one constitution in their history, while other states have had several. Louisiana has had 11 constitutions in its history, the most recent taking effect in January of 1975.

Florida has had six Constitutions . . .