A state buried
in paper

Alabama's controversial constitution

• Our Future Dimmed by Yellow Paper?
    by John Peck
   Critics of state constitution say it makes progress impossible.

• ‘The Negro Problem’
    by John Peck
   Keeping blacks from voting main impetus for 1901 constitution.

• Putting the Six Constitutions of State into Historical Context
    by John Peck
   The 1819, 1861, 1865, 1868, 1875, 1901 texts reflect the tenor of times.

• Not Much Power to the People
    by Steve Doyle
   State county commisions can't do much of anything without Legislature's blessing.

• Alabama: A Taxing Problem
    by Mike Salinero
   • Constitution that Shelters Resources Extracts a High Price.
   • Abolition of Slavery also Helped Abolish Major Source of Revenue.

• Mobile ‘Memorial Forest’ Grows Lowe's Store, Marriott Hotel
     by Mike Salinero
    Land not growing trees, but owners sue to get low forestry tax rate.

• Other States Update Creaky Constitutions
    by Brett Davis
   N.J. changes 103-year-old document in '47; Michigan's amended in '61.

• Survey: No Big Rewrite Push from Legislators
    by John Anderson
   Lawmaker's opinons spilt on how, whether to redo state constitution.

• A Movement Grounded in Optimism
    by Joe Distelheim
   A column.

• Speakers Vow that this Time State Will Break Free
  of a Crippling Law
    by John Anderson
   ‘Chorus for reform’ is concerted effort.

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