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	Constitutional amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A constitutional amendment is an alteration to the constitution of a nation or a state.
		The constitution of Brazil may be amended with the consent of both houses of Congress by a majority of three-fifths.
		In referenda to amend the constitutions of Australia and Switzerland it is required that a proposal be endorsed not just by an overall majority of the electorate in the nation as a whole, but also by separate majorities in each of a majority of the states or cantons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitutional_amendment (1697 words)

	Alabama Government State Capital Montgomery Governor Bob Riley Alabama State Motto
		The 1861 Constitution of the Secession Convention was ratified by the convention on March 20.
		It was the sixth constitution adopted by the state.
		A Constitutional Convention, for the purposes of amending or altering the Constitution, may be called by a majority vote in each of the houses of the legislature and must be approved by a majority of the citizens of the state.
	www.netstate.com /states/government/al_government.htm (3399 words)

	Alabama Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At over 360,000 words, the document is 12 times longer than the average state constitution, 40 times longer than the U.S. Constitution, and is the longest still-operative constitution anywhere in the world (The Constitution of India, the longest national constitution, comes in at approximately 117,000 words).
		The constitution Section 177 denied women the right to vote by confining voting rights to "male citizens"; this was unenforceable under the 19th Amendment until Amendment 579 was substituted, which contained no reference to gender.
		The constitution includes many provisions that are either wholly or partly archaic in their wording or are inappropriate for inclusion in a constitution; many of these have also been rendered unenforceable by federal laws and court rulings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alabama_State_Constitution (1098 words)

	Alabama's Six Constitutions
		The powers of the Alabama Legislature, under the provisions of the Constitution of 1901, are but a remnant of the legislative supremacy allowed under the Constitution of 1819.
		Alabama's first three constitutions, those of 1819, 1861 and 1865, were not submitted to the electorate for ratification, but instead became operable upon adoption of the Conventions that framed them.
		Of the latter three, the Constitution of 1868 was not, under the provisions of the Second Reconstruction Act, legally ratified, although subsequent Congressional action resulted in this constitution becoming operable.
	www.legislature.state.al.us /misc/history/constitutions/constitutions.html (537 words)

	Brewer Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 1875 Constitution, known as the "constitution of prohibition," [ Malcolm C. McMillan, Consti tu tional De velopment in Alabama, 1798-1901: A Study in Politics, The Negro, and Sec tionalism 233 (1955).] was adopted to "redeem" the state from Reconstruction.
		The 1875 Constitution revision provisions followed their predecessors in requiring a two-thirds vote of each house and ratification by a majority of all of the voters at the election at which the amendment is considered but without the requirement for ratification by two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly after such election.
		The Alabama Constitution prescribes the method by which it may be amended, and a proposed amendment must comply with the provisions of the Alabama Constitution regulating the form and content of amendments.
	www.law.ua.edu /lawreview/brewfull.htm (8407 words)

	Alabama - dKosopedia
		The State of Alabama was admitted to the Union as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.
		The population of Alabama is 4,447,100 as of 2000.
		The current government blueprint is the Constitution of 1901, which has the dubious distinction of being the largest government document of its kind in the world due to provisions that require amendments to be made to the constitution for even minor local changes in law.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Alabama (604 words)

	Constitutional Reform in Alabama
		The Alabama Constitution of 1901 is recognized as an anti-democratic document written for the purpose of concentrating virtually all power in the state in the hands of the legislature which could be controlled by white landowners and industrialists.
		The LWVAL emphatically favors a new Constitution for the State of Alabama.
		The state constitution should provide a broad grant of authority to local governing units to enable them to attempt to meet their own local problems independently of the state legislature and/or of the state electorate.
	www.lwval.org /conref.html (2555 words)

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		ALABAMA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS (Article I of the 1901 Constitution of Alabama) As amended through 1966 ARTICLE I. That the great, general, and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Sec.
		17 That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus- pended by the authorities of this state.
		18 That treason against the state shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and com- fort; and that no person shall be convicted of treason, except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or his own confession in open court.
	www.harbornet.com /rights/alabama.txt (1038 words)

	The effort to make a new Alabama Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Alabama Constitution is difficult to revise because it was intended to be difficult to revise.
		An attempt to rewrite the constitution was made in 1983 by proposing an entirely new constitution in the form of a constitutional amendment.
		Eighteen states have the option to allow citizens to propose amendments to be directly ratified by the people or submitted to the legislature for approval prior to ratification by the people.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/opinion/other/050417.shtml (674 words)

	ADAH: Capitals of Alabama
		Saint Stephens, in southwest Alabama, was designated in the Congressional act creating the territory as the temporary seat of government.
		In accordance with the enabling act for statehood, the first Constitutional Convention assembled in the north Alabama town of Huntsville in 1819, where the first session of the General Assembly was held in the same year.
		Alabama's population gains concentrated in the state's more eastern counties as Indian lands there opened to white settlement, prompting a clamor for a more centrally located capital.
	www.archives.state.al.us /capital/capitals.html (670 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Alabama Vote Opens Old Racial Wounds
		Alabama voters made sure of that Nov. 2, refusing to approve a constitutional amendment to erase segregation-era wording requiring separate schools for "white and colored children" and to eliminate references to the poll taxes once imposed to disenfranchise fls.
		Giles was aided by a virtually unparalleled Alabama celebrity in his battle against the amendment, distributing testimonials from former chief justice Roy Moore, whose fame was sealed in 2003 when he defied a federal court order to remove a two-ton granite Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court.
		The state constitution, which most historians agree was written to protect large landowners and to disenfranchise fls, is so riddled with antiquated wording that some high school students in Birmingham make an annual trip to the city library for a project known as the search for "the loony laws."
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/112904W.shtml (1144 words)

	Introduction to Alabama - The United States of America
		The Alabama River was named by early European explorers after the Indian tribe that lived in the territory and first appeared in 1540 spelled as "Alibamu", "Alibamo" and even "Limamu" in the journals of the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto (c.1500-1542).
		One suggestion states that the name was inspired by the gray uniforms of Confederate soldiers that had a yellow tinge to them because they were "home-dyed." Another states that a company of soldiers paraded in uniforms that were trimmed with yellow cloth.
		Alabama was admitted to the Union as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.
	www.netstate.com /states/intro/al_intro.htm (875 words)

	Alabama Government, Alabama Online, Social Studies, Glencoe Online
		Like other states within the United States, Alabama’s government is run according to the laws of its state constitution.
		Alabama has had six state constitutions, but the current constitution dates from 1901.
		Alabama’s history can be traced throughout its six constitutions, the first being written in 1819, the current written in 1901.
	www.glencoe.com /sec/socialstudies/alabama_online/alabama_government.html (735 words)

	No Mandate for Constitution Reform \| Suppressed News
		For months we have been told that reforming Alabama's state constitution is the single biggest issue on the minds of the average Alabamian.
		The Alabama Coalition for Constitution Reform (ACCR) and the media have been working around the clock it seems to convince the citizens of the state that rewriting the constitution is the answer to all of Alabama's problems.
		Without a major overhaul in state government at the ballot box in the next election, all we will get with a new constitution are the same old politics and abuse of state resources we have gotten all these years.
	suppressednews.com /newsitems/local/EppyFyEZZpJZwGEjYl.html (769 words)

	Constitutional Reform Struggles For Life In Alabama
		But a number of the state's intellectual leaders are complaining that the antiquated, obese constitution is a fatal drag on the state's economic and social progress.
		The framers of the constitution drove their constitution into the political structure like a heavy spike into ironwood, and nobody since has been able to budge it.
		Jim Williams, executive director of the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, a policy research group that is supportive of a new constitution, called this year's legislative rejection a bump in the rough road to reform.
	www.stateline.org /live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=14021 (774 words)

	STATE CONSTITUTIONS A complete list of state constitutions
		Alabama State Constitution - Includes copies of all five previous state constitutions as well as the current version.
		Colorado State Constitution - Searchable version includes an intro by the state's Attorney General on the importance of the document.
		Kentucky State Constitution - Fifteenth state's constitution is broken down by its 263 sections as well as by subject.
	www.patrickcrusade.org /state_constitutions.htm (917 words)

	History of Lawsuits Against the State
		Constitution of Alabama, 1865, Article I, § 16 provides "That no person shall be barred from prosecuting or defending before any tribunal in this state, by himself or counsel, any civil cause to which he is a party.
		Three years after the War Between the States, the Alabama Constitution still provided, "That suits may be brought against the State, in such manner, and in such courts as may be by law provided." Constitution of Alabama, 1868, Article I, § 16.
		State officials, sworn to uphold an inviolate Constitution, arbitrarily changed the state constitution to conform to an evil and clandestine purpose.
	www.fa-ir.org /ai/80.htm (797 words)

	Tolerance.org: ON THE BOOKS: Racist Language Remains in Alabama
		Alabama's failure to remove the language is not unusual.
		And four years ago, voters in Alabama, the last state to have a law banning interracial marriage, chose to repeal the ban in a 60-40 vote.
		The state of Louisiana has responded to the group's call to strike a law authorizing the closing of integrated public schools, and a law continuing to pay the salaries of teachers imprisoned for resisting integration.
	www.tolerance.org /news/article_tol.jsp?id=1103 (946 words)

	Alabama Policy Institute Home Page...conservative think tank. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Reform of Alabama’s state constitution is an issue that is being pushed to the forefront of the political debate, and has raised some serious questions in the minds of Alabamians.
		In its present form, the state constitution is not a racist governing document.
		The U.S. Constitution not only allowed slavery, but also as part of the compromise between the Northern and Southern states for ratification, slaves were only counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation.
	www.alabamapolicyinstitute.org /legislation-CR.html (685 words)

	Constitution Party News Articles
		Constitution Party National Chairman, Jim Clymer commended, "Justice Moore’s heroic stand for the principles our nation was founded upon" and communicated the unanimous support of the Party’s Executive Committee in a recent statement.
		The people of Alabama elected him to be the Chief Justice of their court system, because of his respect for these foundations and his willingness to exercise fidelity toward the Constitution.
		Former Constitution Party presidential candidate Howard Phillips will also be attending the rally and is to be among the speakers in his capacity as Chairman of the Conservative Caucus.
	www.constitutionparty.com /news.php?aid=51 (732 words)

	Current Status of America's Wall of Church-State Separation: Archives of Alabama
		05/03, a proposal to expand legislation that would amend the state constitution to allow the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools and government buildings was passed by the House Elections Committee by a 10-3 vote.
		Alabama school officials have been using rules distributed last year by Pryor and state Superintendent of Education Ed Richardson after a federal appeals court upheld a decision restricting religious activities in DeKalb County schools.
		05/03/02, a proposal to expand legislation that would amend the state constitution to allow the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools and government buildings was passed by the House Elections Committee by a 10-3 vote.
	www.infidels.org /activist/state/ArchivesAlabama.shtml (1020 words)

	Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform
		Because Alabama's constitution is written to ensure that even the most basic of problems must come beefore state lawmakers to get permission to solve them.
		For Alabama voters - at least those who remained home this week - it is as good a chance as any to cross paths with their lawmakers, many of whom are using the time to campaign for re-election.
		Every year, the Alabama Legislature is asked to set into motion the procedures that would allow Alabama voters to write a new constitution.
	www.constitutionalreform.org (1502 words)

	Harper's Mews: Reform Time in Alabama
		In this state, we have a quaint custom; we vote in referendum, across the entire state, on questions that have only a local interest to one city, or at most a county.
		Alabama's constitution dates from 1901, and is one of the oldest in continuous duration in the country; most other states have rewritten their charters, with the approval of the voters, several times just in the 20th century alone (2).
		Most state constitutions can be handled in forty or fifty pages, including amendments; but not Alabama's.
	harpersmews.blogspot.com /2005/02/reform-time-in-alabama.html (1110 words)

	R.O.C. ACTIVISM CENTRAL - Declaration of Rights of the Alabama State Constitution
		That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended by the authorities of this state.
		That treason against the state shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort; and that no person shall be convicted of treason, except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or his own confession in open court.
		Foreigners who are, or may hereafter become, bona fide residents of this state, shall enjoy the same rights in respect to the possession, enjoyment, and inheritance of property, as native born citizens.
	www.theroc.org /activism/al.htm (1315 words)

	ALABAMA LAST TO HAVE LAW ON BOOKS
		And Alabama is the very last state with a clause in its constitution that forbids interracial marriage.
		The couple are technically violating Alabama's state Constitution, which forbids interracial marriage.
		Alabama is 75 percent white and 25 percent fl.
	www.majorcox.com /columns/penricks.htm (527 words)

	VOTING FOR YESTERYEAR: ALABAMA DREAMIN' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hidden in the steamy land of Alabama, voters were poised to begin the 21st century by voting to repeal a part of the state's constitution that dated back to the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case.
		But nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as creating or recognizing any right to education or training at public expense, nor as limiting the authority and duty of the legislature in furthering or providing for education, to require conditions or procedures deemed necessary to the preservation of peace and order.
		The voters were asked to repeal this obviously unconstitutional and indeed, racist language from Alabama's state constitution, by voting for Amendment 2.
	violettespage.com /yesteryear.shtml (584 words)

	Conservative Truth - Constitution Requires Separation of Church and State - Tom Barrett - 2003-08-25
		For years I have stated that “separation of church and state” does not exist in the constitution.
		In Article 52: Religion, it states, “In the USSR, the church is separated from the state.” Fortunately for us, we have the US Constitution to protect us.
		Constitutional attorney Douglas W. Phillips, founder of the Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy, defines a constitutional crisis as “a showdown between competing governmental jurisdictions,” in his article supporting Justice Moore’s stand.
	www.conservativetruth.org /article.php?id=1881 (1826 words)

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