Introduction The Texas constitution in place today was written in 1876 and has a legacy that can be defined in accordance with the prevailing circumstances during the period of its adoption. To understand the negative sentiments echoed over time in regard to its inappropriateness in this day and age, it is necessary to understand the needs and urges that it sought to address during its adoption. It was written after the reconstruction period during which time the majority felt that the government had grown to be very powerful and influential usurping the role of the individuals in the state. The amended constitution was seeking to protect the Texas citizens against any further infringement of their rights and freedoms by the government. That was then, and many believe it was able to serve its purpose effectively. However, there has over time been a general feeling and strong sentiments in support of radical changes in the constitution. To a large portion, it had become rather restrictive and only serving the interests of a small number of people in the elite. In spite of these widely held opinions, comprehensive reforms have been compounded by a clique of power-wielding individuals that are largely believed to be the beneficiaries of the status quo (Edward M. Walters, 22). Main body The constitution is wordy and detailed to a fault when compared to other constitutions of the various states. The current constitution contains more than a hundred thousand words, meshed together, but they contain no specific guidelines on government policies. It should be understood that in the writing of this constitution, much resentment had been directed to the government after the then governor Davis refused to relinquish office forcing people, especially in the lower bracket income to forcefully remove him from office. With the thoughts of the civilian revolution still in mind, there arose a need to re-write the constitution that witnessed the creation of a constitution that devolved the powers of the government to the local level, reducing significantly the government powers. The role of the government in the state was relegated and taxes significantly reduced. The state has grown in population and the economy is favorable, with the weak institutions as stipulated in the constitution, the government is finding it extremely hard to carry out its activities effectively. There has been a sense of protracted efforts in the past to completely overhaul the constitution but they have not borne any fruits. What has been achieved is only a number of piecemeal amendments. The need to change the constitution emanates from the belief that the government has very few powers within which to carry out its duties, the emotional writing of the current constitution saw it lose vital powers that are needed especially in today’s environment (George Alan Tarr, 43). To date, it has seen over 409 amendments in the bid to make it more adaptive to situational changes. The piecemeal amendments have become the in thing every year with the citizens having to take to the polls to vote on some minor issues, as the legislations require. In 2003 for example, citizens had to vote on whether to give public universities retiree’s