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- The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky - Informational Bulletin No. 59 (Revised January 2013)
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky - Informational Bulletin No. 59 (Revised January 2013)
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The Constitution of Kentucky is the principal law of the Commonwealth, the foundation upon which state and local governments rest. Its authority is superseded only by the Constitution of the United States and by federal law. The life of the Commonwealth and the lives of its citizens are governed, knowingly or otherwise, by the principles and strictures contained in this essential document. Kentucky's Constitution is, furthermore, a testament to the basic democratic principle of the right of self-government. Kentucky's current Constitution, its fourth, was painstakingly written between the summer of 1890 and the spring of 1891, in the Old State Capitol. It is twice as long as the state's previous Constitution, written in 1850, and four times as long as the original 1792 Constitution, which was composed in a mere 18 days. The current document reflects the political, social, and economic changes that had occurred in Kentucky during the first 100 years of statehood...
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