The new constitution is need for tax reform. A new constitution is needed to provide home rule. There are two sides to the home rule issue. But, if we want home rule, we can provide for it by a simple constitutional amendment. We don t need a new constitution to establish home rule.
Alternatives do exist.
Selective, well-chosen amendments are one alternative. The legislature's current effort to redraft the Constitution article by article is another. But let us think carefully before rushing into a new convention. This would gambling with Alabama's future. John Eidsmoe is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and law professor at Faulkner State University.