Jim Beam column:Constitutions tough to change

When someone tells you writing a new Louisiana constitution is much easier said than done, believe them. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry wants to rewrite the 1974 constitution this summer, understandable because he wants to strike while the iron is hot. State Sen. Franklin Foil, R-Baton Rouge, may know more about getting a constitution written than anyone else in the Legislature. Foil and former state Rep. Neil Abramson of New Orleans introduced many of the 44 bills filed over the last 24 years that were aimed at writing a new state...