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From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

For the latest installment of our Doing Democracy series, we take a look at state, courts,

and constitutions.

Each state has its own constitution, and they generally offer more rights than the U.S. Constitution.

For example, California's guarantees the right to happiness, reproductive freedom, and the ability to fish on public land.

With a conservative supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court, activists are increasingly looking at states to protect and even expand rights.

But will the strategy work?

That's all coming up next, let alone constitutional amendments. The House and the Senate simply don't pass much legislation,

let alone constitutional amendments.

The last one, a minor one, passed in 1992.

Before that, you gotta go back to 1971.

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