This seminar will explore the other American constitutions—those of the 50 states of the United States. After a discussion of the federalist relationship between the individual states and the central government, the seminar will analyze the texts and histories of important state constitutional provisions, including those provisions that organize state governments, separate the powers of government, and guarantee rights to state citizens. The course will consider various theories of constitutional interpretation used by state courts to give meaning to state constitutional provisions that are comparable to federal constitutional provisions and will examine the interplay between state and federal constitutional rights decisions, focusing on those state court decisions that have been rendered in response to federal constitutional rights decisions. We will discuss and study not only the Maryland state constitution but also interesting provisions and interpretations from other states. This course should be interesting to all: those considering careers in the public sector (as a state prosecutor or public defender, working for a state attorney general, or as a judicial law clerk in a state court system) or private sector and those with an interest in public policy. The seminar also reinforces concepts of American constitutional law that students already learned in required constitutional law courses. A seminar paper, which may be used to satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement, is required.