In Georgia, constitutional amendments can affect citizens' rights by expanding, limiting, or clarifying them. Which option best describes how these amendments operate?

• A. Expand rights
• B. Limit rights
• C. Clarify rights
• D. All of the above

Answer: (D)

Constitutional amendments change the scope of rights by altering the actual text of the Constitution. In Georgia, they can create new protections (expand rights), impose new limits on government power or on how rights are exercised (limit rights), or restate and spell out protections more precisely to remove ambiguity (clarify rights). Because amendments can do any of these depending on how they’re drafted and approved, they can expand, limit, or clarify rights, making the broad “all of the above” the most accurate description.