I think it's fair to say that Florida has a pretty liberal state constitution [View all]

[In It to Win It]

I had this thought while reading the brief filed by the Florida Attorney General's office urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject the proposed amendment for abortion rights.

Yet, Florida is probably the poster child for the saying "constitutions don't enforce themselves." It may be an ongoing battle royal between Florida Republicans, Ohio Republicans, and Wisconsin Republicans.

I think that Florida has a pretty liberal state constitution compared to many other states, and definitely compared to any Deep South state. It increases the minimum wage; it expands voting rights; it has a written right to privacy (for which the state constitutional right to abortion stands on, or whatever's left of it); it makes gerrymandering unconstitutional; has some protections similar to the Voting Rights Act embedded in it; and some other things that you would consider good for making government responsive to the people. Most significantly, it allows citizens to propose constitutional amendments and vote directly on them.

However, having a liberal constitution doesn't mean shit when the state has the most right-wing government its ever had enforcing the state constitution.