Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Big Picture
The 1972 Montana constitution has been called one of the most beautiful, most progressive constitutions in the history of the United States. To this day it remains a model of good government that other states and nations have followed. And it was written by everyday people just like you.

LISTEN TO FIND OUT:
■ Why Montana needed a new constitution
■ How the 1960s changed how citizens thought about their government
■ Why the constitutional convention was called a “people’s crusade”
■ How the new constitution changed Montana