Talk:Constitution of Mississippi

Constitutional history of Mississippi
This article makes no mention of Mississippi constitutions prior to the one adopted in 1890, of which there are three: one from 1817 upon the state's admission to the Union, one in 1832 which ended property ownership as a requirement to suffrage, and the Reconstruction Era constitution of 1868. Details concerning these, and proper context on how and why the present one was adopted, need to be added to this article. PJtP (talk) 22:44, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Absolutely agreed, There should be more background regarding how the constitution was created and passed, the political environment during its framing, and its immediate effects upon adoption. Illegitimate Barrister 23:14, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * , if you can post some links here to those constitutions, I'll be more than happy to incorporate the information into the article. You could probably find them on a university website somewhere. Regards, Illegitimate Barrister 20:46, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I added some more info to the article. I hope it is to your satisfaction. Regards, – Illegitimate Barrister 08:08, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

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Civil War
Were any changes made to the 1832 Constitution during the Civil War, such as changing "United States" to "Confederate States?" Emperor001 (talk) 15:59, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Overemphasize on Democrats' role in disenfranchisement of blacks
While most astute individuals will understand that bothe philosophies and core base of the Democrat and Republican political parties switched over the years, most strongly after the Civil Rights era, I believe this article, in the History section especially, overemphasizes use of the term "Democrat". It comes across as attempting to hit home a point that only Democrats were responsible for disenfranchisement attempts... and in case your forgot it by the time you read two more sentences, Democrats! Is this something that others see, a subtle tipping of the POV scales? Trumblej1986 (talk) 07:53, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Splitting proposal
I propose splitting the very lengthy historical section, particularly on the 1868 and 1890 Constitutions, and possibly the 1832, off into their own individual articles on the drafting history of each document, with a summary of key historical points to remain here, e.g. 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention. This article is focused on the Mississippi Constitution as a document, not on any one particular historical moment. Nevertheless, these sections are excellent and should be preserved as-is in articles focusing on the constitutional drafting as a historical event. Pinging Illegitimate Barrister for feedback here.-A-M-B-1996- (talk) 00:39, 23 April 2021 (UTC)