A transition committee led by one of the Republican Party’s biggest donors wants to remove dozens of provisions from the state constitution that provide such safeguards as preventing cuts in
A transition committee led by one of the Republican Party’s biggest donors wants to remove dozens of provisions from the state constitution that provide such safeguards as preventing cuts in
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The Last Constitution by Jeremy Alford; CC73 Publishing; 451 pages
Told against the backdrop of the tumultuous 1970s, The Last Constitution: Louisianaâs Greatest Political Generation and the Document that Defined Them All offers an intimate snapshot of a transitional time in the stateâs history and a better understanding of the public policy issues that still garner headlines today.
The book tells the story of Louisianaâs 1973 constitutional convention â one of the last successful conventions conducted in America â and it peels back to the proverbial layers of the towering figures who made the convention tick. The phrase constitutional convention may evoke thoughts of dignified statesmen and serious discussions of fundamental law,â said author Jeremy Alford in a news release, âbut in Louisiana in 1973 that wasnât the case. The delegates who gave us our current Constitution were an unruly bunch at times. They ignored the wishes of the