Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 10, 2010No. 384PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*1184Members of the Senate
Alabama State House
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Dear Senators:
We have received Senate Resolution No. 72, requesting an opinion of the Justices as to whether the “Sanford Amendment,” which the Alabama Senate has adopted and which amends Senate Bill 121 (“S.B. 121”) now pending before the Alabama Legislature, would, if the constitutional amendment proposed by S.B. 121 is ratified, violate certain clauses of the United States Constitution.
The questions posed by Senate Resolution No. 72 are as follows:
“1. Does the Sanford Amendment to S.B. 121, or any part thereof, violate the…
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