[AFNobody]

> One of the greatest strengths of the Texas legislature is that almost everything is written in to the constitution, thereby being almost impossible to change. So for this reason the (proven disastrous) legal and business theories that have messed up housing costs in California would have a very hard time taking root here.

Prop 13 is a constitutional amendment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(197...

CA is virtually identical to Texas in the sense it has an extensive constitution that is almost impossible to change.

So, be careful what you wish for.

[gwright]

I think Alabama wins this contest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Alabama

> At 310,296 words,[1] the document is 12 times longer than the average state constitution, 44 times longer than the U.S. Constitution, and is the longest[2] and most amended[3] constitution still operative anywhere in the world.