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World’s biggest, but
nobody’s proud
By Sam Hodges
Created in 1901 with selfish motives, Alabama’s massive constitution
continues to grow like kudzu - and it’s as bad as it is long
Political reformers
try and fail
By Sam Hodges
Powerful governors and legislators from Big Jim Folsom to Fob James
have been frustrated by special interests, bad luck - and a controversial
court ruling
Special interests fear ‘can of worms’
By Sam Hodges
Those skeptical of constitutional reform have included large landholders,
educators, cattlemen - and every corner of the state that has tacked
on another amendment
When Alabama’s reformers
have failed
Thwarted efforts at constitutional reform.
No easing of amendment rat race
By Dewey English and Carol B. McPhail
Mobile County has obtained the most amendments, and this decade may
eventually challenge the 1960s for constitutional action
"Supremacy" and the stolen vote
By Harvey H. Jackson III
Bourbon Democrats solidified power in 1901 with the highly suspect election
approving a new constitution
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Reprinted with Permission from the Mobile Register.
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