====== N.D. Const. art. IV, § 16 — Research ======

**Amendments to Constitution.** Text of the section: [[.:start|current and prior versions]].

Every citing reference in the corpus: **2** court opinions and **4** Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 41), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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===== Construing and quoting decisions (1) =====

  * Bjerke, et al. v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly, et al., [[https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/opinions/214697|2026 ND 118]] (2026, McEvers, J.)  ·  quotes the provision
    * //¶ 1: “…%%opose an amendment to alter or repeal the term limits established in N.D. Const. art. XV, § 1). The Petitioners claim that in adopting S.C.R. 4008, the Legislative Assembly exceeded its authority to propose constitutional amendments under N.D. Const. art. IV, § 16, as limited by N.D. Const. art. XV, § 4; that S.C.R. 4008’s adoption also violated N.D. Const. art. III, § 8; and that the appropriate remedy to address S.C.R. 4008’s alleged unconstitutional adoption is a writ to enjoi%%…”//

===== Other citing decisions (1) =====

  * State ex rel. Larabee v. Barnes, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6847134/state-ex-rel-larabee-v-barnes/|1893 ND 20]] (1893, Bartholomew, J.)

===== Attorney General opinions (4) =====

Advisory, not binding; included for the doctrine's full administrative history.

  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2008-L-02.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2008-L-02 (2008)]]
  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2006-L-23.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2006-L-23 (2006)]]
  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/74-212.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 74-212 (1974)]]  ·  citing § 41 (1889 numbering)
  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/70-207Mar-4.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 4, 1970)]]  ·  citing § 41 (1889 numbering)

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