Editing Texas Constitution talk:Article XI, Section 5 (section)

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* ''Bonner v. Belsterling'', 138 S.W. 571, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/138_SW_571.pdf#page=4 574-75] (Tex. 1911) ("The policy of reserving to the people such power as the recall, the initiative, and the referendum is a question for the people themselves in framing the government, or for the Legislature in the creation of municipal governments. It is not for the courts to decide that question. We are unable to see from our viewpoint how it can be that a larger measure of sovereignty, committed to the people by this method of government, and a more certain measure of securing a proper representation in any way militates against its character as a republican form of government.")

* ''Ex parte Farnsworth'', 135 S.W. 535, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/Vol_135_SWR_535.pdf#page=4 538] (Tex.Crim.App. 1911) ("Local self-government is that and that only which is provided or authorized by the Constitution, is to be found in the delegation of authority, is based on the idea of representative government, and cannot under any circumstances under our Constitution be a pure democracy. All government with us finds its initial source in the Constitution—not outside of it—and any government that is in contravention or subversive of the Constitution is necessarily vicious and void. . . . If what has been stated is correct, then the ordinance in question is void.")