Which of the following helps to explain why the comprehensive constitutional reform efforts of the mid-1970s failed?
A. The delegates to the constitutional convention were ordinary citizens who did not understand the deficiencies of the Texas Constitution.
B. The reform effort was predicated on the need to change provisions that were hindering economic growth, but the Texas economy took off in the 1970s under the existing constitution.
C. Texas could not reform its constitution without obtaining "preclearance" from the Justice Department under the Civil Rights Act.
D. Special interests fought against reform because they did not want to give up the protections that the old constitution afforded them.
Answer: D
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