Preamble, Alabama Constitution

Alabama Constitution

Preamble
Articles
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Local Provisions

## Contents

* 1 Preamble
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 Additional reading
* 5 Footnotes

The Preamble of the Alabama Constitution precedes 18 articles.

## Preamble[edit]

| Text of Preamble: | “  | We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution.[1][2] | ”

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## See also[edit]

* State constitution
* Constitutional article
* Constitutional amendment
* Constitutional revision
* Constitutional convention
* Amendments
* Initiated constitutional amendment
* Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
* Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
* Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
* State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Text of the Constitution
* An Overview of Alabama's Six Constitutions
* Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform
* It's a Thick Book (dead link)

## Additional reading[edit]

* Connor, George E. Connor, and Christopher W. Hammons (2008). The Constitutionalism of American States. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press.
* McMillan, Malcolm Cook (1955). Constitutional Development in Alabama, 1798-1901: A Study in Politics, the Negro, and Sectionalism. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Alabama State Legislature, "Alabama Constitution," accessed March 25, 2014
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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