Supreme Court of Alabama February 27, 2014, No. 388 (Opinion of the Justices)

Members of the Senate

Alabama State House

Montgomery, Alabama 36180

Dear Senators:

We have received Senate Resolution No. 44, which states, in pertinent part:

“[W]e respectfully request the Honorable Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Alabama Supreme Court, or a majority of them, to give this body their written opinions on a constitutional question which has arisen concerning the